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Lesson 6.4: The Jews in the Mediterranean World

The Arrival of Greek Rule The Jews of Judah remained under Persian rule for nearly 200 years. In 331 B.C., Alexander the Great, a King from Macedonia who had conquered Greece, defeated the Persians. Alexander brought Greek language and culture to Judah, and allowed Jews to remain in Judah.

How Did Jewish Ideas Spread? Judah remained the center of Judaism under Alexander, however many Jews were spread out over other lands in the Mediterranean. These groups of Jews living outside Judah became known as the Diaspora, meaning “scattered”.

Jews of the Diaspora remained loyal to Judaism and practiced their religion while adapting to other cultures. A group of scholars living in Egypt copied the Torah into Greek, and this version called the Septuagint, helped spread Jewish ideas across the Mediterranean world.

The Revolt of Maccabeus After Alexander’s death, his kingdom was divided into several kingdoms. One kingdom covering southeast Asia was ruled over by a family known as the Seleucids. By 200. B.C., Judah was under the Seleucid Kings control.

In 176 B.C., Antiochus came to power as the Seleucid king and required Jews to worship many Greek gods and goddesses. Many Jews refused to abandon their religion and in 167 B.C., Judas Maccabeus, a Jewish priest, fled to the hills and formed a rebel army called the Maccabees.

After many battles, the Maccabees succeeded in capturing the Temple, ridding it of all the Greek statues of gods, and rededicating the temple to the worship of God. Jews celebrate this cleansing of the Temple each year with the festival of Hanukkah.

Roman Rule in Judea By 100 B.C., Romans controlled much of the Eastern Mediterranean. Located in present day Italy, Rome sought to expand. In 63 B.C., Roman forces conquered Judah and renamed it Judaea.

At first during Roman rule, a Jewish ruler was chosen, named Herod. During his reign, he built many cities and forts. The Second Temple was rebuilt and remained the center of worship.

Jewish Groups After Herod’s death, Roman officials ruled Judea, and different groups of Jews had different views on how to deal with the Romans. One group, the Pharisees, gained support of the people. They taught people to apply religion to their daily lives.

The Pharisees They stressed obeying written and oral laws as a way to get people to obey the Ten Commandments. The Pharisees wanted the Jews to be free from Roman rule, but did not want to fight the Romans. Instead they encouraged people to practice the Torah’s teachings with greater devotion.

Jewish Groups  Another group, called the Sadducees was made up of noble families, many serving as nobles and priests in temples.  They favored written law and rejected oral law, were more concerned with applying the laws of the Torah to religious ceremonies, rather than everyday life.  The Sadducees also favored cooperation with Romans in order to keep peace in Judea.

A third group called the Essenes were made of priests who broke away from Judea to live at Qumran, an area in the desert near the Dead Sea.

The Essenes These priests followed only the laws of the Torah and spent their lives praying and waiting for God to deliver the Jews from Roman rule.

Centuries later, in A.D., 1947, ancient scrolls were found in caves at Qumran, most likely written by the Essenes, these scrolls became known as the Dead Sea Scrolls.

These scrolls were important because they told historians several things about Judaism during the Roman times.

Some scrolls told a story of a group of Jews in exile who saw themselves as lone beings surrounded by enemies. Some described beliefs, holy days, and practices of Jewish groups. The variety of the scrolls make historians believe they were part of a library, hidden perhaps for protection during Roman conflicts.

Jewish Groups A fourth group, called the Zealots lived in Judea and fought for their freedom during the A.D. 60s, when Jewish hatred of Roman rule reached its peak. Most Jews retained hope and faith in their religion that God would deliver them, but the Zealots prepared to act.

Jewish-Roman Wars The Zealots revolted in A.D. 66 and overtook the small Roman Army in Jerusalem. However, the Romans returned four years later and retook the city, killing thousands of Jews and destroying the Second Temple.

The Western Wall Today, the Western Wall of the Temple complex still stands in Jerusalem, and many come to this wall to pray.

 In A.D. 132, a military leader named Simon ben Kosiba, known as Bar Kochba led the Jews in another battle for freedom.  After three years, the Romans crushed this revolt, and passed stricter rules and controls over the Jews.  Romans did not allow Jews to live in or visit Jerusalem, and they renamed Judea, calling it Palestine, referring to the Philistines, whom the Israelites had conquered centuries before.

The Rabbis  The Jews regrouped with the help of their rabbis, or religious leaders.  Since Jews no longer had a Temple, synagogues became important, and rabbis taught and explained the Torah.

 One of the most famous rabbis was Yohanan ben Zaccai  One of the most famous rabbis was Yohanan ben Zaccai. He persuaded the Romans to spare the city of Yavneh, where he founded a school to continue teaching the Torah.  This school would become a model for other schools, and a center of Torah studies.

 Rabbis preserved the basic beliefs of Judaism.  Eventually, rabbis gathered their oral discussions about Jewish law and recorded them in a book that would be called the Talmud, meaning instruction.  The Talmud became the basis for human law throughout ages, and remains the ultimate authority of Jewish law to this day.