The Egyptian empire was around 3100 BCE. The Pharaohs fought with Moses and lost. Then came the Assyrians, the Medes, conquered by the Greeks in 800 BCE.
Greek mythology was the embodiment of a lifestyle quite similar to any to be named: Hinduism, Judaism, Sikhism, Taoism, Islam, even Christianity.
What if a Rabbi was heard singing “AMAZING GRACE” to his congregation?
One could only imagine the onslaught of phone calls and letters hurled at his betrayal, perhaps asking for “his head!”. Don’t be alarmed, it happened before, when Saul, a believer in Judaism (the Jewish Pentateuch, the first 39 books of the Bible) was converted to Christianity, 33-36 CE.
The play GOSPEL at COLONUS has some of the characteristics afore mentioned: Greek mythology, with all its gods, infidelity and incest, with Oedipus looking for salvation through Gospel music, before he dies.
