Hellenization of the Jews
according to the Jewish people, was directly given to Moses by God in Mount Sinai
http:www.jewishvirtuallibrary.orgjsourceJudaismThe_Written_Law.html. Around 200 BC, apocalyptic literature entered there into the religious ideology. It
came from Persian with the characteristic of its ability to “forge” a link between
the natural and historical orders and develop the ideas of individual salvation as well as the
“Last Judgment”, “resurrection”, and “re-establishment” of the whole order of creation.
In that time, there were some group of societies such as Saduccess and Pharisees. They were actually the priestly community which had power to control
the society and organizing worship. Though they both were Judaism, they had different interpretation of Torah.
The Sadducees, who represented the most conservative group, relied on the torah, the original law of Israel and were opposed to the eschatological
and apocalyptical tendencies as well as to the idea of the resurrection of the dead. On the other hand, the Pharisees formed the very core of the
eschatological and apocalyptical philosophies. Some of them developed a certain pessimistic idea of Man, insisting on the importance of the other
world which had to be won by a strict legalistic observance. Their ideology was typical not only of an urban class which centred its religious
conviction on individual salvation, but also of a class which found itself in a stage of transition to a point lower down the social ladder, and which
consequently would have a propensity to stress the eschatological aspects Houtart, 1976: 21.
This showed the differences of understanding Torah between the Jews themselves and how they adapted themselves in different ways of religious
ideology. Both of these groups belong to Sanhedrin, a judicial court which had
power to judge the crime or those who violate the social rule inhabiting at that time.
The Jews in Palestine had experienced many social and cultural contacts with other society and cultures. This of course brought impacts in some of
aspects such as economic, politics and religion or ideology. However, the temple and synagogues had a very important role in keeping the nationalism of the Jews
Graham, 1928:571. He also added that the temple and synagogues were the institutions made in order to solve the problems among society. The temple was
organized by the Sadducees and the synagogues were organized by the Pharisees. Both of these institutions then showed the characteristics of their organizers
Graham, 1928: 573-572.