War between christian humanism & jewish materialism
First book of Maccabees, Simon Tharsi forced all Jews in Galilee to return to Judea, leaving Gentiles in Galilee
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- The region around 830 BC.
- John Hyrcanus
- 146 BC The Hellenistic era was brought only partially to a close two centuries later with the establishment of Roman rule over Greek lands .
- Purim, the Jewish holiday of Revenge against Gentiles. Damocritus
- Posidonius
First book of Maccabees, Simon Tharsi forced all Jews in Galilee to return to Judea, leaving Gentiles in Galilee. 143 BC-70AD The Second Jewish Commonwealth - Judea becomes a theocracy under the Hasmonean dynasty. They spend two generations widening its borders by diplomacy and force. By 78BC they had conquered and absorbed Samaria, Edom, Moab, Galilee, Idumea, Transjordania, Gadara, Pella, Gerasa, Raphia, and Gaza. They enforced Judaism and circumcision upon their new subjects at the point of the sword.  The region around 830 BC. Kingdom of Edom, Monarchy, c. 11th century BC–c. 200 BC. The Edomites are descendants of Esau, the avowed enemy of Jacob and his descendants.
 Hasmonean Kingdom under John Hyrcanus in 134 BC (green), area conquered (red)
John Hyrcanus (164bc-104bc) was a Hasmonean (Maccabeean(Jewish)) leader who reigned from 134 BCE until his death. Upon conquering the former Seleucid regions Hyrcanus embarked on a policy of forcing the non-Jewish populations to adopt Jewish customs. Hyrcanus also initiated a military campaign against the Idumeans(Edomites). During this campaign Hyrcanus conquered Adora, Maresha and other Idumean towns (Ant.13.257). Hyrcanus then instituted forced conversions on the Idumeans to Judaism. Non-Abrahamic people become Jews. In fact a large segment of Jews are now not descended from the “holy blessings” of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. In 146 BC, the Romans finally defeated and destroyed their main rival in the Mediterranean, Carthage. 146 BC The Hellenistic era was brought only partially to a close two centuries later with the establishment of Roman rule over Greek lands. In 139 B.C. that the Praetor of Rome forced the Jews to go back to their homeland because they had tried to corrupt Roman morals. The Roman historian Marcus says that Emperor Trajan greeted a Jewish delegation in Rome most cordially, "having already been won over to their side by the Empress Poltina". Polybius (ca. 200–118 BCE), was a Greek historian of the Hellenistic Period noted for his book called The Histories covering in detail the period of 220–146 BCE. He is also renowned for his ideas of political balance in government, which were later used in Montesquieu's The Spirit of the Laws and in the drafting of the United States Constitution. Septuagint -During the reign of the Ptolemaic Pharaohs, many Jews were imported from neighboring Palestine by the hundred thousands for being renowned fighters and established an important presence in Alexandria. The language of the Egyptian Jews was Greek; after a generation or two immigrants from Israel forgot their Semitic speech. Their Hebrew scriptures they knew only in the Greek translation, which was named the Septuagint because, according to the legend, the translation had been made by the Seventy Translators under Ptolemy II. The Seventy Translators were held to have been themselves miraculously inspired and only the five books of the Law were translated. The Septuagint was translated in stages between the 3rd and 2nd century BCE in Alexandria. It was completed before 132 BCE. Ptolemy II amassed the greatest library of the world’s books. Apostle Paul quoted from the Septuagint and not the Hebrew. ****The Septuagint or simply "LXX", referred to in critical works by the abbreviation, is the Koine Greek version of the Hebrew Bible, translated in stages between the 3rd and 2nd Centuries BCE in Alexandria. It was begun by the third century BCE and completed before 132 BCE. It is the oldest of several ancient translations of the Hebrew Bible into Greek, lingua franca of the eastern Mediterranean Basin from the time of Alexander the Great (356-323 BCE). The Septuagint was held in great respect in ancient times; Philo and Josephus ascribed divine inspiration to its authors. Besides the Old Latin versions, the LXX is also the basis for the Slavonic, the Syriac, Old Armenian, Old Georgian and Coptic versions of the Old Testament. Of significance for all Christians and for Bible scholars, the LXX is quoted by the New Testament and by the Apostolic Fathers. Paul uses the Septuagint. Yet this was during the early formation of the Talmud and the already established Rabbinical interpretations of the Scriptures. Could there be interpretative translations which pervert original intent? Rome was the home of the second largest Jewish population in the Greco/Roman world. Apollonius Molon was a famous Alexandrian rhetorician. He was the teacher of both Cicero and Julius Caesar. He also has the distinction of being the first man to compose an entire work against the Jews. In it he charges them with misanthropy and atheism; “The worst among the barbarians, lacking any creative talent, they did nothing for the good of mankind, they do not believe in any god.” Damocritus had written that every seven years the Jews would capture a stranger, lead him to the Temple, offer him as a sacrifice, and cut him into small pieces. Many leading Roman thinkers, such as Horace, Ovid, Nero’s advisor, Seneca, and the historian, Tacitus, were openly hostile to them. Seneca called them a “most wicked nation.” Tacitus wrote that they are, “sinister, shameful, and have survived only because of their perversity.” Every nationality through history has been considered anti-Semitic, ie “Egyptians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Syrians, Greeks, Romans, Arabs". What is the true reason? Purim, the Jewish holiday of Revenge against Gentiles. Damocritus (possibly first century B.C.E.), Greek historian who, according to Suda, wrote a work "On the Jews," in which he claimed that the Jews worshiped a golden ass' head, and that every seven years they captured a foreigner whom they sacrificed to their god – the first occurrence in literature of the *blood libel. *Apion has a similar account. Since the Romans of that time prohibited human sacrifice, the inference made by Damocritus is that Judaism condoned superstition and misanthropy.  Swastika from ancient Gaul (France), before 110 BC.
70bc  Posidonius of Apamea (c135 BCE - 51 BCE), was a Greek Stoic philosopher, politician, astronomer, geographer, historian and teacher native to Apamea, Syria. He was acclaimed as the greatest polymath of his age. None of his vast body of work can be read in its entirety today, as it exists only in fragments. Posidonius's writings on the Jews were probably the source of Diodorus Siculus's account of the siege of Jerusalem and possibly also for Strabo's. Some of Posidonius's arguments are contested by Josephus in Against Apion. "A wicked people, hated by the Gods." He told of scandals in Jewish worship within their Temple. This philosopher of the Middle Stoa believed that the Jews have tremendous magical powers. He was quoted by Strabo as declaring: "They are the worst of all men." (T. Reinach, Textes. . ., 16:2:43)
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