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I'm wondering where the doctrine of the trinity comes from, and I've only found that it stems from both Hellenistic philosophy (Platonism through Philo and Origen) and Babylonian polytheism (Nimrod, Semiramis, and Tammuz). It doesn't make sense for a triune god to be monotheistic. Has anyone else ever questioned its origins and come to a different understanding? Please let me know.

I am specifically looking for instances of it in the Tanakh.

(I am not looking for verses that have scribal errors)

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Well yes it does; But it is hard to accept such an answer if your faith belongs to Judaism. It is a little complicated. In Orthodox Christianity we say that Jesus Christ was Crucified to take the burden of our sins and save us from death, meaning a mental death, death of the soul. How does the soul dies? Sins kill you. So we live in a new era, without the burden of sins, we should not follow the law of GOD, nobody can follow the law anyway, salvation is not hidden there; Instead in the New Testament, Jesus Christ gave us a new law. And that new law was "Love each other as much as you love yourself".

Now Judaism has ten commands and one of them is Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image. Judaism believes that worshiping Jesus Christ as the Son of God breaks that rule.

But there are references about Jesus Christ in the Biblie:

Isaiah 52:13-53:12. 
Isaiah 7:14. ...
Isaiah 9:6-7. ...
Genesis 3:15. ...
Genesis 12:1-3. ...
Deuteronomy 18:15-18. ...
2 Samuel 7:12-13. ...
Micah 5:2.

Most important though, Orthodox Christianity goes farther than that. An Archbishop theologist told me that when an Angel of God appears in Tanakh, it is not actually an angel, but Jesus himself, with no human form yet. It is believed that the Son was forever along with the Father and the Holy Spirit.By the way Tanakh and the orthodox Old Testament have differences anyway.

Yet God is ONE and Triune. It makes perfect sense. The same way as the Gospel is one with four forms (points of view). Does that make sense? If yes why not Triune God?

Speaking of reason though, trying to make sense while studying religion may make your head spin.

For instance, God split the water and God's people passed... Does that make ANY sense? Manna was raining from the sky so people found food and survived. Does that make ANY sense? Does it HAVE to? Religion is about FAITH, not logic.

Edit:

Gospel of John. First sentence. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."

Word is Jesus Christ. To be exact the word used in Greek was "Λόγος".

Λόγος means more than Word though. It means logic, speech, reason but Λόγος was used to refer to Jesus Christ. I am not a theologian myself to analyze it, I just do my own research and I do my best here helping you out.

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  • This answer supports binitarianism, not the trinity. To "back" the Trinity Doctrine, one must prove that God's holy spirit is a self-aware entity.
    – Ray Butterworth
    Commented Aug 20 at 2:41
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    @RayButterworth Binitarian ? the Son was forever along with the Father and the Holy Spirit. .
    – Nigel J
    Commented Aug 20 at 12:27
  • @NigelJ, simply stating "It is believed that …" is not the same as providing biblical backing.
    – Ray Butterworth
    Commented Aug 20 at 13:52
  • @RayButterworth You say the answer supports binitarinism. I am still looking for evidence. What the answer does state is "the Son was forever along with the Father and the Holy Spirit.".
    – Nigel J
    Commented Aug 20 at 16:00
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    @GeorgeEco, the question is about what the Bible says, not what various denominations already believe. The quotations you gave support the idea that Christ is God, but they don't support the idea that holy spirit is God. (They don't deny it either; I'm just pointing out that they don't support a third member.)
    – Ray Butterworth
    Commented Sep 13 at 0:45

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