Ancient Greek and Hebrews

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This paper examines the ways in which Greek religion was tied to Greek political beliefs and practices and the ways in which Hebrew religious beliefs and practices were linked to social conventions and cultural values since neither religion can be understood in isolation from its social context.

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"Because most people have now heard of Greek mythology, we should start off by discussing how it differs from Greek religion. Greek mythology was a collection of folk stories about heroism, passion, loss and victory. Greek religion was much more serious, being focused on the ways that people should feel towards the gods. Greek religion was practiced for over a thousand years, from the time of the poet Homer (who lived in the ninth century before the Christian era) through the reign of the Emperor Julian in the fourth century a.d."

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