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 | | After the death of Alexander the Great (323 BCE), the empire he had carved out was divided among his generals. |
 | | By 175 BCE when the evil Antiokhus Epiphanes rose to the throne, Hellenism had taken root within the Jewish people. |
 | | The Hellenists, a significant minority among the Jews drawn almost exclusively from the wealthy elite of Jerusalem and the large coastal cities, saw Greek culture as the most advanced and enlightened of the day, and turned their backs on their God and their people. |
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