";s:4:"text";s:4005:"Apologetics and polemics against the heathen found an important place in their literature, for the battle between the two camps was fought out also in the literary arena. 140 Although the religion of their forefathers was so faithfully followed, the Jews of Alexandria nevertheless imbibed, to a great degree, the culture of the Greeks. It is said that Ptolemy VII., angered by their opposition, ordered those Jews that remained in Alexandria to be put in chains and cast before elephants.
Not many generations after the founding of the community, the Torah was translated into Greek (perhaps under Ptolemy II. xiv. Über 160 Berufskünstler zeigen und verkaufen ihre Arbeiten in 82 Studios und sechs Galerien: ein ästhetischer Hochgenuss.
The same story is told of Ptolemy IV. Am Ufer des Potomac River könnt ihr euch selbst vom attraktiven Freizeitangebot überzeugen: Hier werden Segeltörns und Kreuzfahrten angeboten, ihr könnt Radtouren auf dem Mount Vernon Trail unternehmen, Szenerestaurants am Ufer besuchen oder euch im Park entspannen. —the Jews, led by the general Onias, fought on the side of Cleopatra. The worshipers were not indiscriminately seated, but were separated according to their respective trades (Tosef., Suk. At that time, however, the isolation was not strictly enforced; for, according to Philo, there were many Jewish dwellings scattered throughout the city. Of the Ptolemies, according to Josephus, Ptolemy VII., Physcon, formed the only exception in his hostility toward them; and his conduct was not influenced by any dislike of the Jewish religion, but was due to their attitude in party politics. It was read in Greek in the synagogues; indeed this was the language chiefly used in the service (Schürer, "Gesch." This intimate acquaintance with Greek literature naturally exerted a profound influence upon the Alexandrian Jews. "Soon after the death of the ethnarch, under the governorship of Aquila, a change took place in the governors, and the decree of Claudius was sent to Magnus Maximus, the successor of Aquila. There were even synagogues distributed all over the city (Philo, "De Legatione ad Cajum," § 20; ed. Get this from a library! Macht euch selbst ein Bild vom Alltagsleben und vom Markttreiben zu einer Zeit, in der George Washington durch die Straßen spazierte.Die Stadt mag alt sein, doch hat sie hat den Spagat in die Moderne glänzend bewältigt. J." [Stefan Klug] Mangey, i. Trotz oder gerade wegen der gut erhaltenen Bausubstanz eines ehemaligen Kolonialdorfes, in der sich coole Geschäfte und angesagte Restaurants angesiedelt haben, ist die Old Town ein ausgesprochen lebhaftes, dynamisches Viertel. The better classes studied Greek literature in the schools, and read Homer, the tragic poets, Plato, Aristotle, and the Stoics. The Birchmere ist ein beliebter Konzertsaal, in dem seit den 1960er-Jahren namhafte Künstler auftreten.
528 In consequence of their isolation, the Jews of Alexandria were unhampered in the exercise of their ceremonies, and were also enabled to regulate their civil affairs independently.
As this occurred before his installation, it must refer to the same decree.
Like their brethren in Palestine, they assembled in the synagogue every Sabbath to hear the reading of the Law and the Prophets, and for the other religious services. ii.