> ell, sure -- the polytheistic portrayal of yahweh we're talking about in this thread is totally unlike the grand monotheistic transcendent god you probably believe in. this is a pretty big change.
That proves it's bunk?!?!?
>uh, the new testament is literally written in koine greek -- the hellenistic language -- rather than hebrew or aramaic. like... this is pretty obvious?
It's obvious that if you want to communicate with someone you use a language that they are familiar with. That all that shows.
>judaism guarded it better than most, but hellenistic judaism was a real thing.
Your own source say that it's a form of Judaism, with the main centers in Alexandria and Antioch. This isn't speaking about the Judaism that was in Jerusalem.
>the gospels may be anti-pauline, so.... maybe?
You are so sure if this you say "maybe"!
>regardless, christianity was a syncretic faith early on.
Sure it was; Judaic-Christian faith went from on of looking to the future for the Messiah, to Him being present; so yes there must be changes.
>that it takes some elements from hellenistic culture doesn't mean it accepts and includes all elements of hellenistic culture. and it's primarily hellenistic culture filtered through judaism, in any case.
That's your accusation; but accusing one of something is a far cry from proving it.
>... trinitarian belief.
By simply reads the NT one comes to the Trinity of God. See here for details
Second, recent research has forcefully shown that the early Christian idea of Christ's deity developed not in a Hellenistic context but in a distinctly Jewish thought-world. Richard Bauckham, a contributor to this relatively new scholarly movement (sometimes known as the 'New History of Religions School') states these conclusions succinctly: When New Testament Christology is read with this Jewish theological context in mind, it becomes clear that, from the earliest post-Easter beginnings of Christology onwards, early Christians included Jesus, precisely and unambiguously, within the unique identity of the one God of Israel . . . . The earliest Christology was already the highest Christology . . . . source
Although the claim that early Christian belief and practice was corrupted by Hellenistic influence is commonly argued by critics of orthodox Christianity, the historical evidence does not support this claim. Rather, Like the Judaism from which it arose, the Christian faith rigorously guarded its unique religious identity in the midst of the religious and philosophical diversity of the ancient Mediterranean world. [from previously cited source - which you apparently didn't read]