[Trumpinator]

This is not trying to prove a theoretical point - Jews of that era - if they had mosaics like this means they were Hellenized Jews and adopted Greek temple art into their designs.

Sheesh - I am not trying to argue theology and what is permitted in the bible or not.

This not unique - in India, they were using Greek art styles in their temples.

[Trumpinator]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenistic_Judaism#Decline_of_the_Hellenistai_and_partial_conversion_to_Christianity

[little jeremiah]

Actually the Greeks were using Indian styles, the commerce and visits went both ways, but the Indian civilization pre-dated the Greek by far. The decoration used by Greeks:

was derived from the swastika, commonly used in India for millenia as a symbol of auspiciousness, among other uses.