lower orders of being.96 In none of these philosophical systems, however, is there an espousal of a personal, creator deity marked by absolute emotional detachment from his creation. In consequence of the diversity of Hellenistic philosophy and the lack of a clear precedent therein for the alleged deficiency of the Fathers, the Hellenization thesis begins to appear notably more unstable than its proponents may initially lead one to believe.97 The second and more important issue for this discussion