No it didn't. Minoan cults are way older than ANY Jewish book or temple. You people are literally uninitiated and regurgitating stuff you've heard your priests (or worse, Wikipedia) say. Jews claim they have the oldest religion in the world, when their religion is derived from Phoenicians...
No it doesn't. It means "above" or "the", it doesn't mean "a deity", that's a late definition.
It originally referred to a single deity, "El", the ultimate god, the one above all, hence the meaning of his name being "above".
BS in Mechanical Engineering, Master's in Nuclear Physics.
It was actually my interest in nuclear fusion that lead me to the concept of elemental transmutation of Mercury into Gold, which in turn lead me to religion, mythology and controversial theories about the ancient civilizations therein...