Yes, and this is a huge modern topic. CF Yoram Hazony’s work
You mention the Greeks and Romans—two civilizations hugely admired by the Founding Fathers of the United States. But where did they get their core ideas? Deuteronomy !!
Following an extensive survey of American political literature from 1760 to 1805, political scientist Donald S. Lutz reported that the Bible was cited more frequently than any European writer or even any European school of thought, such as Enlightenment liberalism or republicanism. The Bible, he reported, accounted for approximately one-third of the citations in the literature he surveyed. The book of Deuteronomy alone is the most frequently cited work, followed by Montesquieu’s The Spirit of the Laws. In fact, Deuteronomy is referenced nearly twice as often as Locke’s writings, and the Apostle Paul is mentioned about as frequently as Montesquieu.
But you do hit the problem on the head BAD EDUCATION :)