Greek Influence On Jewish Culture

Jewish religion was based on the ancient Israelite religion. The Jews were different from other people during that era because they only believed in one God. They worshipped their God like everyone else with sacrificial offerings of animals at their temple. The Jews only had one temple in Jerusalem, which had only two rooms. One room was for sacrifices, and the other room was always empty because there was no idol to representing God of Israel. All Jews believed they were chosen by the one God of the universe to serve him and obey his laws. They believe that God called on to them to be “lights to the Gentiles” and wanted them to accept the God of Israel as their only God. Jesus also taught the word of God in the temple daily and that was their educational time. The Jews changed the name of the temple to the Synagogue, meaning “house of assembly”, due to Greek influence. All of the teachers in the temple or Synagogue were known as rabbi for the school. Children would start school at the age of four to five years old. The rabbi would primarily teach on the Torah, and reading and writing Scripture. Students didn’t complete schooling until they had a large portion of the Torah memorized. The biggest reason the Greek influenced the Jews was due to the Grecian culture and their skilled …show more content…
Women weren’t allowed to testify in court, and they were categorized with minors, Gentiles, gamblers, crazy people, usurers, and pigeon-racers. All of these groups were denied all privileges. In synagogues they were separated from the men and not permitted to read aloud. They were not allowed to bear witness in a religious court. When Jesus came around to teach, he had it open to everyone, including women or men. Anyone was free to listen to him to teach. “They “marveled that he talked with the woman. Yet no man said, ‘What sleekest thou?’ or, ‘Why tallest thou with her?'” referring to John 4:2 (Glaser