HUMA 1880 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Maccabees, Ancient Greek Philosophy
20 Oct 2017
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Hellenistic: greek influence, culture of fusion: eastern part of roman empire spoke greek, hellenic = greek culture; culture of greece, hellenistic = fusion culture. Egypt a place where greek is largely spoken. Alexandria: huge jewish population; but not everyone is jewish it"s a large e(cid:373)pire: known for its famous library, architecture, etc. Jerusalem; upper class knew greek, they studied greek philosophy: people who had connections to the judean elite, they did(cid:374)"t speak athe(cid:374)s greek, they spoke a (cid:862)(cid:272)o(cid:374)yay(cid:863) Gymnasia: school where you study humanities & also athletics. Judea(cid:374) (cid:373)e(cid:374) are starti(cid:374)g to tri(cid:373) their (cid:271)eards (cid:271)/(cid:272) that"s (cid:449)hat the greek (cid:272)ulture suggests: fashion changes, new food and table manners. How long can judeans follow their culture under forgeign ruler: fusion b/w greek and judeans. Hasomeans are known as macabeeds: macabee texts really focuses on the war against civilizations. Jews are the only ones who rebel against helenistic or foreign rule.
