How was Judaism the same as all other ancient religions when it claimed...

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...God's lordship over all nations? all religions back then taught that every nation had their own gods, but Jews taught that their God ruled over all creation. This is the reason Jews were hated so much back then because their world view left no respect or admiration towards other nations gods.
 
They all had at least some common sense that what ruled the universe, ruled the whole universe.
Many pagan beliefs unify their gods in a singular framework of relationship. However, you are right as to why the Hebrews were hated. They just weren't being politically correct in their day.
 
Actually, if you really looked into to the religions of the time, you would find that "other ancient religions" believed that their gods were supreme above all others, that their gods gave them victory over others and that when they lost, it was a sign that they were being punished for their wickedness.

While a monotheistic god is somewhat remarkable (although we are finding that that was a much later development in Judaism), if you look the writing of ancient culture and ignore the names and numbers of gods, they all read pretty much the same.
 
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