Who were the Hellenistic Jews and why are they important? Second Temple of Jerusalem. Credit: Templar1307. CC BY 2.0/flickr The Hellenization of much of the world brought about by the conquests of ...

Alexander the Great conquered the Middle East. He brought the entire region under Greek control. Following that, the Hellenization process began. Hellenization is the adoption of Greek culture, ...

The city attracted many immigrants from different cultures, including Jews, Roma, Vlachs, Armenians, Greeks, and Arvanites. It became a melting pot of culture, and the city was subject to major ...

The great promise of the Manicheans proved illusory, but the problem remained unresolved for all that. Augustine was unable to convert to the Christianity of the Catholic Church until he had ...