{"nodes":[{"node":{"nid":"79186","title":"The Jews of Egypt from Antiquity to Modernity (Part One): \u0027Septuagint, Synagogue and Symbiosis: The Jews of Hellenistic Egypt\u0027","campus":"Online event","locations":"Zoom","college_unit":"Center for Jewish Studies, Jewish Studies","department":"","field_cost_value":"Free","event_price_level":"Free","asu_events_price_desc":"Free","body_summary":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the Lecture:\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cspan\u003EThe conquests of Alexander the Great brought Hellenism \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","full_body":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the Lecture:\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cspan\u003EThe conquests of Alexander the Great brought Hellenism to the Near East in the late fourth century B.C.E. No Jewish community better reflects the symbiosis of Hellenism and Judaism than the thriving Jewish community of Egypt, especially Alexandria. 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