Did Thales get his water arche idea from the Old Testament (Torah) and Phoenician religion, not a philosopher? (history)?

Question

Just as Heraclitus got his from the Zoroastrians Persians, not a philosopher.

Answer 1

Sounds like you have your own position on this, however unfounded any of us would prove it to be.

Answer 2

Thales of Miletus lived centuries before the Torah was written. The Torah is not part of the Bible, but a commentary