Is Judaism influenced by Zoroastrianism?

I've noticed a lot of similarities between Judaism and Zoroastianism. For example, there is a verse in the Vendidad that states:

"The man that lies with mankind as man lies with womankind, or as woman lies with mankind, is a man that is a Daeva [demon]; this man is a worship per of the Daevas, a male paramour of the Daevas."

That's extremely similar to Leviticus.

Indeed.

It is believed that the Jewish exiles in Babylon were affected by the Zoroastrian Persians. Yahweh evolved from a Canaanite tribal deity to the one and universal God.

Zoroastrianism and Judaism have ties that were knotted many centuries before Christianity appeared on the religious stage of this planet. The Zoroastrian way of life has markedly influenced the early Hebrew religious fabric. Just how did this come about both at the social and doctrinal level is a subject worth exploring and understanding.

answer: perhaps culturally and some legalistic matters but not in religion. Zoroastrianism is a duality religion - good/evil, god/devil, light/dark whereas Judaism is monotheistic - G-d and G-d alone (the "devil" of Islam and Christianity isn't the same in Judaism).

Yes. I doubt there is one religion that still exists that one could call original.

Interesting but the timing doesn't work according to Mary Boyce who is the leading researcher on ancient Zoroastrianism. Judaism developed before or around the same time, but in a totally separate area. So at most they influenced each other, but with the travel distance & smallness of early Judaism, it's just more likely they developed separately. I'll include the links & quotes at the end.

On the verse, first when there are similarities you have to consider it went in the OTHER direction. For instance, maybe that verse was added to Zoroaster texts at around the same time Judaism came into Babolyn as Jews were exiled from Israel.

Also, that verse in Tanakh refers to ancient worship customs in the area where a male dressed as a woman laid with another male. The saying may have been a common phrase of those worshipers to describe this ritual. Hence when referenced by either text, it sounds like of similar because it's referencing to the same source.

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http://www.avesta.org/zfaq.html
When did Zarathushtra live?
According to Bruce Lincoln,

"At present, the majority opinion among scholars probably inclines toward the end of the second millennium or the beginning of the first, although there are still those who hold for a date in the seventh century." (Death, War, and Sacrifice, 1991, pg 150)
Humbach and Ichaporia seem to favor the Xanthos date of 1080 BC but mention the 630 date also. (Heritage, 1994, pg 11).

A commonly given date is the seventh century B.C.E. I think Boyce has convincingly shown the seventh century date to be an error. Humbach also discounts the basis of this calculation in his Gathas 1991 (pg 30). Boyce has wavered on an actual date: between 1400 and 1000 BC (1975), between 1700 and 1500 (1979), around 1400 BC (1988), between 1500 BC & 1200 BC "with the latter more likely" (1992). "

Further down the same site refers to her with: Mary Boyce, ...the foremost western scholar of Zoroastrianism.

Yes, absolutely, both have their roots planted in Prue-Zoroaster Mazdaism too.