| 030 | Did the Jews deliberately use some aspects of Hellenism? |
| 030 | Consider the 2nd Book of Maccabees. This outlines the victory of the Hasmoneans over the inroads being made by the 'paganistic' Greek culture. But at the same time the writer uses a Greek literary structure for this book. | Levine, Judaism and Hellenism in Antiquity, 79. |