Palastine is where Christianity first appeared and it was Alexander who wanted to unite the world by spreading the insights of the Greek civilization. Hellenism formed from elements of Greek origin combined with other elements taken from conquered civilizations. Many Jews were opposed to Hellenism and at the top of this struggle was a family known as the Maccabees. Jewish religion took different shapes and many parties appeared. Among which the best known are the …showed first 75 words of 361 total…

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