CLASSICS 2LW3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Second Temple Judaism, Antiochus Iii The Great, Decapolis
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Torah travelled to jerusalem to rebuild the city. Alexander had completely broken the power of persia. Judaea under ptolemic rule: judaea remains under semi-autonomous government, high priest of jerusalem temple, sanhedrin (council of elders, jerusalem governed according to the law of moses , temple tax from jerusalem collected for ptolemy (greek government at. Training and contests were always done in the nude. This was a problem for judaeins because you could immediately notice circumcision. Tried to hide it: epispasmos- painful procedure to stretch skin on to penis to make it look like foreskin. Judaea under the ptolemies: incidence of greek names attests popularity of greek customs in jerusalem. Father"s name still theophoric: letter to sparta: dear spartan cousinsdon"t worry. Judaenes believed they were kin: septuagint- translated scrolls from judaea (greek bible, ptolemy ii (philadelphos- build famous library at alexandria, royal library at alexandria, 72 scribes/translators- hebrew scrolls translated to greek.