Maccabees #11 - Hellenism vs. Judaism
Posted in Maccabees on Dec 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
Judah and his army had taken control of the Temple in Jerusalem and restored the worship of the Lord, but they were not able to drive the Greeks out of Jerusalem. They were also not able to drive Greek civilization out of the Jewish people. The time had come for the Jews to decide whether they were going to live as Greek gentiles or under the commands of the Torah- they could no longer do both.
