I'll also try to furnish the links, which somehow didn't transfer properly into the posting.
Thanks, and Best To You....
I should say first that I believe that Jesus is the greatest representation in human history thus far of the “messianic expectation” of the Hebrew Bible, the Talmud, Midrashim and successive Jewish literature.
For someone who has "problems" with it, I find this a refreshingly frank and honest statement. Mind if I borrow it for future use?
Though divinely inspired, I believe that biblical truth is the struggle of humanity that hewed Ethical Monotheism from the ancient world, and gradually channeled utterly wild male sexuality into marriage, thus providing the anchor for all of Western, and particularly Judeo-Christian civilization to come.
Correct me if I'm reading this wrong, but I'm assuming your position begins with the idea that judaic monotheism, etc. evolved from earlier, non-judaic and non-monotheistic civilizations? I'm familiar with one argument that proposes Monotheism originated with Akhenaton and was only later adopted by Israel (following their captivity under Egypt), but I'm not sure if this is the kind of thing you're referring to.
Just want to be sure I understand where you're beginning from.