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The original was posted on /r/askhistorians by /u/sexual–chocolate on 2023-10-06 18:28:44.

This question was mostly brought on by the fact that I recently learned of the existence of Hillel the Elder, a famous rabbi whose life overlapped with that of Jesus and, at least superficially, he seemed to have had a lot of similar teachings. Is that a coincidence? Or was Jesus influenced by some kind of cultural or theological shift that was already underway?