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The Jewish community and the Hellenistic culture in the light of the Books of the Maccabees
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Summarising the proposed analyses of the contents of the Books of the Maccabees, it can be noted that the Biblical authors described three main attitudes of the Jews to the Hellenistic culture and the pagan religion that was part of that culture: the attitude of openness and ready adoption of the “Greek customs,” military resistance, as well as the heroic attitudes of giving one’s life for the sake of fidelity to the prescripts of the Law. As the Books of the Maccabees show, the high priests of Jerusalem played a non-unimportant role in the process of the city Hellenization. It also should be observed that the authors, describing historical facts, sometimes put their own interpretation on them to express a definite theological message.
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“The Maccabean literature paints a picture of the minority adopting Hellenism (1 Macc 1:62-63) (Baran 2014, pp. 72-74).”
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“Baran rightly emphasizes the importance of martyrdom in 2 Macc and the connection between Eleazar's martyrdom and his refusal to eat pork (2 Macc 6:18-31; Baran 2014, p. 75).”
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(2002) · Wiley eBooks · doi:10.1002/9780470753521 · Cited by 205
Jewish Cult and Hellenistic Culture
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- E.S. Gruen (Heritage and Hellenism. The Reinvention of Jewish Tradition (Hel- lenistic culture and society 30), Berkeley-London: University of California Press, 1998, p. , explicitly states that the "text makes clear, Jason, High Priest of the Jews, initiated the gymnasium and the ephebate, not the Greek king. The significance of that ought not to be missed. By creating the institutions as official acts of the High Priest, Jason introduced the Hellenic features with the embrace of Jewish authority". 48 Cf. The Oxford Dictionary of Classical Myth and Religion, S. Price, E. Kearns (ed.), Oxford 2003, p. 256; see also: R. Hurschmann, Petasos, in: Brill's Encyclopedia, vol. 10, col. 864.
- J.R. Bartlett, The First and Second Books of the Maccabees, p. 245. On poleis created in the Seleucid Empire, see: F.W. Walbank, Świat hellenistyczny, Warszawa 2003, pp. 132-139.
- Cf. J. Ciecieląg, Żydzi w okresie drugiej świątyni, pp. 196.201.
- The term yuch, used in this context undoubtedly means "life." Cf. G.M. Baran, Yuch, i pneu/ ma w antropologii św. Pawła, Tarnów 1997, pp. 24.29-31.41-42.45-49 (typescript).
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- Authors
- Baran, G. M.
- Affiliations
- John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (PL)
- Corresponding author
- Baran, Grzegorz M.
- ORCID
- Baran, Grzegorz M.
- Venue
- Teologia i Człowiek
- Published
- 2014-09-24
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 55
- ISSN
- 1731-5638 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1971060211
- Cited by
- 7
- References
- 5
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2016: 2
- FWCI
- 13.46
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by-nd
- Locations
- Teologia i Człowiek (publishedVersion, cc-by-nd)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Biblical Studies and Interpretation
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Religion, Theology, History, Judaism, Christianity
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Classics › Classical Antiquity Studies
- Keywords
- Hellenistic culture, paganism, high priest, military resistance, theological interpretation, Second Temple Judaism
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