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It is my understanding that there were Hellenized Jews in Ptolemaic Egypt, but I've also heard that the Maccabean revolt, which occurred in the Seleucid Empire, heralded the end of Hellenized Judaism. Why were its effects so widespread?

by /u/gm6464 in /r/AskHistorians

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