Well Darrell, I can't fault you for being a NT scholar, but your points need refinement.

The idea of diachotomy between monotheism and polytheism is false for several reasons: 1) the Hebrew Bible mentions widespread polytheism (as sin), 2) the Hebrew Bible presupposes polytheism in many places, 3) several other cultures may have been monotheistic (e.g. the Mesha Stele, 9th century Arameia, possible shades in Egypt), 4) you are making strong presuppositions about the origin of ancient Israel and Mosaic authorship (NB: Hebrew wasn't written until the 9th century, maybe 10th) that, quite simply, can only be held on a priori confessional grounds--the evidence suggests otherwise. (K. Kitchen is a great Egyptologist... I'll leave it at that.

By center I do not mean that "Jesus" is in the center that he's there--he's not--but a Christological reading makes sense of the whole Bible. The problems and fractures of the text can be aided by simply deciding to read the Bible as a book about Jesus. You can call it Postmodernism; I call it remaining true to my confession and scholarship.

You're a great scholar. You've proven yourself; but, be cautious about overplaying your hand on OT issues.