OT Re: Hannukkah, was: Essays, OT:Ebony

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No: HPFGUIDX 7220

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "naama " <naama_gat at h...> wrote:
> Thanks Rita. A lot of what you wrote I didn't know. There's just
one point that bothers me a 
> bit, regarding the dating of Hannukkah. You say that it was
"adopted as a holiday in order 
> to compete with Persian/Zoroastrian celebration..", but at that
time (Maccabbee rebellion) 
> Judea was under Seleucid (that is, hellenic) rule. Was Persian
culture still such a major 
> influence on Jews in Judea?
> 
> Naama
Yes.The apocalyptic visions in the book of Daniel and the visit of
the Magi in the New Testament are examples of it.
Pippin