Compare and contrast the Hebrew/Jewish tradition and Greek culture in the Hellenistic period. How compatible do the two seem?
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: Of particular importance will be the student's recognition of fundamental tensions between a faith-based culture and one that stressed rationalism and cosmopolitanism. There was, however, a marked dialogue starting in the post-Alexander period. They ought to discuss intertestamental literature such as the Wisdom of Solomon and the book of Sirach as examples of Jews investigating Greek thought.
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