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@DamienMarieAtHope The best examples is Hasmonean period writing defining and in effect justifying a present cruel and violent theocratic rein by asserting there was a previous one, but they were already well versed in Hellenistic cultural and literary styles by then. Hence, an imaginary lost golden age theocracy at the end of the bronze age, the mythic king David and "first" temple, to justify violent rule by priests of a claimed "second" one.