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Introduction Basic Concepts Hellenism HELLENISM, a term created in Judea in the 2nd century B.C.E., signifying the adoption by some of the Jews of Greek language, customs, and manners. By extension it came to mean Greek culture and all the characteristics which made a Greek recognize himself as such. In the absence of any unified Greek political state, it was their cultural affiliation which made the Greeks recognize themselves as members of one and the same community. Among the strong points of Greek culture were the facility with which it spread among the nations who were in touch with