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Hellenistic Judaism was a form of Judaism in classical antiquity that combined Jewish religious tradition with elements of Hellenistic culture and religion. Until the early Muslim conquests of the eastern Mediterranean, the main centers of Hellenistic Judaism were Alexandria in Egypt and Antioch in Syria (modern-day Turkey), the two main Greek urban settlements of the Middle East and North ...
Hellenistic Judaism also existed in Jerusalem during the Second Temple Period, where there was conflict between Hellenizers and traditionalists (sometimes called Judaizers). The major literary product of the contact of Second Temple Judaism and Ancient Greek religion is the Septuagint translation of the Hebrew Bible from Biblical Hebrew and ...
Hellenistic art, the art of the Hellenistic period Hellenistic Judaism , a form of Judaism in the ancient world that combined Jewish religious tradition with elements of Greek culture Hellenistic philosophy , a period of Western philosophy that was developed in the Hellenistic civilization following Aristotle and ending with the beginning of ...
Articles relating to Hellenistic Judaism, a form of Judaism in classical antiquity that combined Jewish religious tradition with elements of Greek culture.Until the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the early Muslim conquests of the eastern Mediterranean, the main centers of Hellenistic Judaism were Alexandria in Egypt and Antioch in Syria (now in southern Turkey), the two main Greek urban ...
The English term Jew is originally derived from the Hebrew term Yehudi (lit. ' of Judah '), which passed into Greek as Ioudaios and into Latin as Iudaeus, in turn evolving into the Old French term giu after the letter "d" was dropped. [1]
Sardis Synagogue (3rd century, Turkey) had a large community of God-fearers and Jews integrated into the Roman civic life.. God-fearers (Koinē Greek: φοβούμενοι τὸν Θεόν, phoboumenoi ton Theon) [1] or God-worshippers (Koinē Greek: θεοσεβεῖς, Theosebeis) [1] were a numerous class of Gentile sympathizers to Hellenistic Judaism that existed in the Greco-Roman world ...
Hellenistic Judaism (2 C, 9 P) P. Jewish Ptolemaic history (2 C, 7 P) S. Jewish Seleucid history (2 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Hellenistic Jewish history"
Opposition to Hellenistic influence on Jewish religious and cultural practices was a major catalyst for the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire. Following the establishment of the Hasmonean dynasty , traditional Judaism was reasserted by the Maccabees across the Land of Israel as they expanded their independent territory.