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It seems that The Modern Understanding of The God of The Bible may potentially be a syncretic admixture of Regional Israelite-Canaanite (Semitic) Mythology, and Roman Catholic Paganism.
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Yes, but I would list Hellenic Neoplatonism and Persian/Parthian Mazdaism (Zoroastrianism) as larger influences than classical paganism.

Also, Akhenaten's Religion of Light anticipates quite a few themes of the New Testament, but it had been so thoroughly suppressed by Jesus' day that any direct influence must have been close to nil.