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One of the most creative and consequential collisions in Western culture involved the encounter of Judaism with Hellenism. In this widely acclaimed study of the Jews who lived in Hellenistic Egypt, “between Athens and Jerusalem,” John J. Collins examines the literature of Hellenistic Judaism, treating not only the introductory questions of date, authorship, and provenance but also the larger...

the intention of Jason’s work “was to gain some understanding and support in the Greek-speaking Diaspora and the Greek world in general for the Jews who were fighting for the integrity of their sanctuary and their piety.”76 We should not be surprised that a work which supports the Maccabean rebellion was composed in Greek, following Hellenistic conventions and style.77 The Maccabees were not xenophobic, as can be seen from their delegations to Rome and Sparta.78 Jason stands with Eupolemus as a supporter
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