Those arguments were reopened by the Dead Sea Scrolls, whose discovery 50 years ago provided a huge body of evidence on the history of monotheism.

ECONOMIST: Christians and Jews

Some historians have argued he was killed for attempting to bring back polytheism after succeeding Akhenaten, who had abandoned Egypt's old gods in favour of monotheism.

BBC: The king is thought to have been 19 years old when he died

Is it not possible to build a better world based on monotheism, justice, love and respect for the rights of human beings, and thereby transform animosities into friendship?

NPR: Transcript of Ahmadinejad's U.N. Speech

I, too, was in town on a pilgrimage, visiting a site that predates Abraham and Job and monotheism by some eight millennia: a vast complex of Stonehenge-style megalithic circles in the Urfa countryside.

NEWYORKER: The Sanctuary

All Divine prophets from the Prophet Adam (peace be upon him) to the Prophet Moses (peace be upon him), to the Prophet Jesus Christ (peace be upon him), to the Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him), have all called humanity to monotheism, justice, brotherhood, love and compassion.

NPR: Transcript of Ahmadinejad's U.N. Speech