Hellenistic Greek society offered many advantages to the Jew who
was willing to relax Torah for the sake of easier relations with
the dominant culture. 4 Maccabees was written to reassure Jewish
readers that Torah was in fact the sole path to the perfection of
the virtues honoured in Greek culture, as it freed the diligent
devotee from slavery to the desire, emotion and the domination of
pain and pleasure. In brief compass, deSilva provides a detailed
look at the rhetorical and philosophical strategy of the author of
4 Maccabees, who redirects the hearers' desire for honour and
advancement toward those commitments that will preserve his Jewish
subculture from assimilation. This often neglected text becomes an
engaging window into Hellenistic Judaism and into some of the
concerns that were formative influences on the early church.>
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