JOURN 201 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Holofernes, 4 Maccabees, Stoicism
30 Oct 2014
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Adherence to dietary scruples made jews conspicuous in the hellenistic era: summarize how the high priest eleazar, in the letter of aristeas, and the author of. Joseph and aseneth each defend the value of the dietary codes. Letter: written for jews to defend rationality of their religion in a hellenistic period; remind them that following the dietary codes is respectable. Explain how each of the following excerpts is an example of that and why an author like aristobulus took such pains to identify such. Just so has moses called the whole genesis of the world words of god in our law. For he continually says in each case, and god spoke and it came to pass. " and it seems to me that pythagoras, socrates, and plato with great care follow him in all respects. They copy him when they say that they hear the voice of. God when the contemplate the arrangement of the universe.
