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There are three central periods that need to be analysed in order to evaluate the influence of Hellenisation on Jewish history, up until the period of the Roman invasion: the Ptolemaic period, the Seleucid period and the Maccabean revolts, and the Hasmonean state. Each of these historical events shaped Jewish society and had a profound influence over the religious beliefs of many Jews. But it was the conquests of Alexander the great that were the main catalyst that brought about the process of Hellenisation, a process that was embraced by many Jews and rejected by others. All in all, it was a process that contributed greatly to Jewish history up until the Romans took matters into their own hands.

The Ptolemic period begins with Alexander the Great, who before his death in (323 BCE) had established a vast empire reaching from Macedonia to Persia. He then captured Egypt and Palestine southward. As W Albright states, these conquests were the catalyst, which led to the phenomenon......

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