THEO 206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Justin Martyr, Oriental Orthodoxy, Atheism
26 Mar 2018
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Books in the new testament -> written in greek, stories about jesus, original language in greek. Hellenism is the culture that surrounded the jewish population: blend of greece and the orient that arose in alexander the great 4th century macedonian. King, wanted to spread the greek way of life. King of macedonia (southeastern europe) 336-323: overthrew the persian empire, carried macedonian arms to india, and laid the foundations for the. Some of alexander"s generals founded the dynasties of the: antigonids (ruled over macedonia) They all contributed to the spread of greek culture. The spread of hellenism: hellenism included greek education, ideals of administration, warfare, trade, commerce, sport, rhetoric, literature and philosophy, hellenism was effectively spread by roman emperor augustus, who made romans the patrons of. There was a mixture of roman and greek unity after augustus. In palestine, hellenism was introduced as early as 332 bce, when alexander conquered the territory.
