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| Title: Jewish Traditions on Alexander the Great Secondary Title: BJSt 299 Pages: 37-53 Type: Generic Year: 1994 Abstract: "Harrington, Daniel J. in: NTAb 39,3 (1995) 480: Although some early Jewish writers held negative opinions of Alexander the Great, most of the Jewish tradition from Hellenistic times to the present regards him as a hero and a favorer of the Jews. The positive evaluation of Alexander most likely arose in the Diaspora community in Egypt that had emigrated from Palestine and set about legitimizing its position under the Ptolemies with stories and traditions that linked its fate to that of the city 's founder, Alexander the Great." Keywords: Jewish History: Persian Era to the Maccabees |