Character in history and Jewish thought

Jews are the children of an idea. The idea of Jehovah - God Supreme universal significance and power with which they have a unique and exclusive relationship. It is this idea that maintained alive as a people for years, trials, and tribulations a life which was jealously gap of other religious ideas and influences of them. Although Hellenistic religions and philosophies affected Jews in everyone, they affected the Jews contrary. By making resist them assimilation - their nationalism leadership. [Hellenistic period begins with the death of Alexander the great 323 and ends with the battle of Actium in Colombia - British 31.] [Hellenistic refers to all the territories were under the cultural influences and Greek religious and Palestine, the land of the Jews was part of this].

Superstition and magic was widely practised in that time. Throughout the Hellenistic world, people would see the oracles and use the charms and figurines to dissuade them from misfortune or cast spells. Also developed at this time was the complex system of astrology, which aimed at determining the future movement of the Sun, Moon and planets and the character of a person.

In the year 167 BC, Anchiocus IV, who reigned Syria and in Palestine has launched a campaign aims to unify his Kingdom by wiping out the competing religions and traditions. [In the last few years leading to the Roman Empire and the birth of Jesus Christ is Israel land was under the domination of the Greek empire, either by Alexander the great himself or military commanders and their successors who has divided his Kingdom after his death at the beginning. Seleucus was the Commander who took control of the empire of Alexandre, Syrian region creating dynasty designate. Antiochus IV is the eighth Seleucid, decision of 174-164 BC Kings. [Antiochus IV also called revelation, "" the manifestation of God"")].

Antiochus prohibits circumcision and food legislation among the Jews - two keys that were central to the Jewish tenants. Jews refused to cede their traditions, they refused to Antioch as God manifested the cult and they refused to condition their religion to Antioch. The tensions and conflicts have worsened until it finally broke the bloody Jewish revolt. The revolt was so bloody, that even today, the French slang for corpse is Maccabaeus, referring to the Jewish revolt.

The results of the Jewish revolt against Antiochus IV went well beyond issues of practices that. The main result was that in the Anchiochus resist the Jews - religion was fortified as a distinct and very conscious belief. Persecution and fighting produce a desired throughout the Hellenistic world, Jewish traditions in part as a nationalist demonstration Renaissance and partially a consolation in these times of bloody disorders research. And so, when the Jews thought the persecution they find relief and satisfaction in the fact that when they die they will go to heaven with Jehovah's witnesses their God.