Some of Jesus' words are quite inspirational, as are Buddha's and Lao Tzu's. But people claim the Bible is God's message of salvation for the human race. That claim requires a little more than inspirational words to be accepted as fact. (Extraordinary claims and all...)
I believe God manifested himself not only in the mideast but all over the world.
I am impressed with Taoism , Zoroastrian, Buddhism as long the teaching is about God and respect nature, which we are part of it