Not Influenced by Surrounding Nations

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Interesting that you should mention Akheneten there Caffiene. One rather interesting piece of evidence of cross-cultural pollination is the hymn to the Aten, found in the ruins of Akhenaten's capital. It bears a striking similarity to psalm 104.

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Another example in this vein is the similarity between the proverbs of Solomon in Prov 22:17-23:11 and the Egyptian proverbs of Amen-em-Opet (also spelled Amanemope). I wrote a paper on this many years ago for a biblical archaeology class. (I concluded that Solomon probably DID borrow ideas from Amen-em-Opet. I also argued that this does NOT conflict with divine inspiration, which I'm sure Granny Magda will like. ) It looks like I found Amen-em-Opet's writings in James B. Pritchard's The Ancient Near East: An Anthology of Texts and Pictures, vol. I (Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ. Press, 1958, 1973), ch. XI, "Wisdom, Prophecy, and Songs".It is also interesting to compare the Genesis creation account with other near eastern creation accounts. There are many common descriptions and concepts. But the underlying theology is radically different, as the OP stressed.I believe that the Hebrews did get many cultural ideas and concepts from the surrounding nations. But I do not believe the same can be said of most of their theological ideas.