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Hellenist

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Hel·le·nist  (hl-nst)
n.
1. One in Hellenistic times who adopted the Greek language and culture, especially a Jew of the Diaspora.
2. A devotee or student of Greek civilization, language, or literature.
Hellenist
a classicist whose specialization or preference is for Greek language and culture.
See also: Greece and Greeks
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the slander of the NT [against the Jews] is typical of that found among rival claimants to a philosophical tradition and is found as widely among Jews as among other Hellenists .
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Jews who dropped their religious heritage for Greek thought were called Hellenists.
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