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Alexander The Great: The Jewish Value Of Hellenistic Culture

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Lyla Waitman Hellenism Essay History 9.23 Mr. Lannik Around 335 BCE, when Alexander the Great, a conquerer known to many who was prophesizsed to be the king of the world, chose to continue his father’s expansion of his kingdom and conquer Greece, along with many other places, Greek-like life, also known as Hellenism, began to spread. After Alexander’s death, all of his generals with whom he paraded around, fought over how to divide up his empire which stretched from Egypt to India. Ultimately, they decided that there would be three main kingdoms, Ptolemid, Antigonus and Seleucid, and Jews, who were in isolation up until this, were living in two of the three areas. With Greek-like life in such close proximity and many Jews, especially those in Judea, living in the focal point of Hellenism, avoiding …show more content…

Many of the Hellenistic ideas seemed to attract people from all over, including the Jews, yet also was controversial to the Jewish value of tradition. As the attractions of Hellenistic culture proved irresistible, the struggle over how much to Hellenize led to a civil war among the Jews of Judea. Without the intention of being exposed to Hellenism, the Jewish people living in the center of Hellenism were immersed into Greek-like civilization. For many reasons, this way of life seemed appealing to people offered it, for the fascinating Greek life was blended into each individuals part of the kingdom and their origins. The main idea of Hellenism is that it teaches its participants how to live the good life. Much effort was spent revamping cities that were conquered and putting into them all sorts of necessities such as stadiums, theaters, temples, libraries, etc., all of which made their values more accessible and realistic. While living surrounded by all of this

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