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Episode 40: Hellenism and the Birth of the Self

Literature and History

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Exploring the shift from community-focused ideologies to individual-centered beliefs during the Hellenistic period, emphasizing personal salvation and ethics over communal responsibilities, with a pivotal event in Jerusalem symbolized by an ivy-clad wand in 164 BCE.

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