There were some parallel themes in both the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Torah. It's possible that the Akkadians and the Hebrews were related peoples.
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God through his prophets. sometimes however they didnt.
Depends how "early." Before Moses, the religion that would later be called Judaism was based on the teachings of Abraham. From the time of Moses, the Hebrew (Israelite) religion is the Torah itself, its beliefs and laws. See the following link.What_did_abraham_and_moses_do_together
Gilgamesh
"The Epic of Gilgamesh" was written in ancient Mesopotamia as a narrative poem to explore themes of friendship, mortality, and the search for meaning in life. It also serves as a source of knowledge about early civilization, religion, and cultural practices in the region.
"Occurrences of the name have been found in texts from the library of Ebla,[14] which date to the third millennium BC, nearly 70 times in the Hebrew Bible, and three of the twelve tablets of the Epic of Gilgamesh (perhaps as early as 2100 BC)." from Wikipedia
The early African religion is shamanism.
works of literature that give historians information about early civilizations
Yes, Jesus was jewish---therefore, the music had to be respectful to him, plus a whole new religion. It's a combination with a new point of worship.
It depends on what religion you are. The Jews use the original order of books, and the Christians use an order that was created by the early church, around the 5th Century.
One of the earliest known authors and poets was Enheduanna, high priestess of Akkadia (Assyria) from 2285-2250 BC. Other early poetry includes the Epic of Gilgamesh around 2000 B.C. and of course Homer's "Iliad" and "Odyssey" around 800 B.C.
The Early Christian community did not use an edition. They used the original Hebrew scriptures until they were first translated into Greek.
It was Hebrew, which is a dialect of Old Canaanite.