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| Title: Judaism and Hellenism in Antiquity. Conflict or Confluence? Secondary Title: The Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies Type: Book Year: 1998 Abstract: "Lee Levine approaches this broad subject in three essays, each focusing on diverse issues in Jewish culture: Jerusalem at the end of the Second Temple period, rabbinic tradition, and the ancient synagogue. With his comprehensive and thorough knowledge of the intricate dynamics of the Jewish and Greco Roman societies, the author demonstrates the complexities of Hellenization and its role in shaping many aspects of Jewish life-economic social, political, and religious. He argues against oversimplification and encourages a more nuanced view, whereby the Jews of antiquity survived and prospered, despite the social and political upheavels of this era, emerging as perpetuators of their own Jewish traditions while open to change from the outside world". Keywords: Hellenism, Hellenistic Judaism, Philo |