| 029 | Did the Jews try to reject all of the influences of the Hellenism of the Roman Empire? |
| 029 | Even while the Hasmoneans (c/f Book of Maccabees) rejected the attempt at a full integration with Hellenism, they deliberately retained many of the administration practices already introduced. For example it appears they retained the use of coins which they made bilingual | Martin Hengel, The ‘Hellenization’ of Judaea in the First Century after Christ. In Collaboration with Christoph Markschies, Trans. John Bowden .(London: SCM Press Ltd, Philadelphia: Trinity Press International, 1989), 8. |