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by falaki 1219 days ago
I would say both. Early Judaism didn't have the concept of a "source of bad" (Satan, etc). Similarly, early Judaism didn't have the concept of paradise and hell.

Zoroastrianism is the first known major religion that introduced the conflict between a good God, Ahuramazda, and an evil spirit. Humans have a choice in this conflict and that's how the morality is defined. Based on their choice they can end up in Pardise (a Persian concept <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise>) or hell <https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/hell-i>