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The Greco-Roman Empire
Europe and the Jews: Part 1
In the Shadow of the Church
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In the rest of this series, the Jews will go to Europe, but in the case of the Ancient Greeks and Romans, the West went to the Jews. In a scholarly lecture, Rabbi Wein presents the Chanukah story and the origins of Roman oppression in a fresh new light.
• Aristotle’s respect for the Jewish intellect
• tax farming, a Hellenist career
• bread and circuses/orgies and violence
• anti-Roman lessons hidden in the Medrash