"The Jews had a love-hate relationship with the……" — Simon Sebag-Montefiore

The Jews had a love-hate relationship with the Greek culture. They craved… - Simon Sebag-Montefiore
"The Jews had a love-hate relationship with the Greek culture. They craved its civilization but resented its dominance. Josephus says they regarded Greeks as feckless, promiscuous, modernizing lightweights, yet many Jerusalemites were already living the fashionable lifestyle using Greek and Jewish names to show they could be both. Jewish conservatives disagreed; for them, the Greeks were simply idolaters."

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