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... GREEK PERIOD ( 332–63 BCE ) ( Mo.Gr. ) Hellenism and Judaism . Actual contact between Greeks and Semites goes back to Minoan and Mycen- aean times and is reflected in certain terms in Homer and in other early Greek authors . It is not ...
... GREEK PERIOD ( 332–63 BCE ) ( Mo.Gr. ) Hellenism and Judaism . Actual contact between Greeks and Semites goes back to Minoan and Mycen- aean times and is reflected in certain terms in Homer and in other early Greek authors . It is not ...
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... Greek mythological terms as " Ti- tans " and " Sirens " helped to pave the way for the syn- cretism of Judaism and paganism . The establishment of a temple at Leontopolis in Egypt ( c . 145 BCE ) by a deposed high priest , Onias IV ...
... Greek mythological terms as " Ti- tans " and " Sirens " helped to pave the way for the syn- cretism of Judaism and paganism . The establishment of a temple at Leontopolis in Egypt ( c . 145 BCE ) by a deposed high priest , Onias IV ...
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Greek influence of Livius Androni- cus The Cicero- nian period The Medita- tions of Marcus Aurelius Plautus and Terence. pania ( the countryside of modern Naples ) . The historian Livy traced quasi - dramatic satura ( medley ) to the ...
Greek influence of Livius Androni- cus The Cicero- nian period The Medita- tions of Marcus Aurelius Plautus and Terence. pania ( the countryside of modern Naples ) . The historian Livy traced quasi - dramatic satura ( medley ) to the ...
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