This was a way of social climbing. By embracing Greek culture, with its aggressive relativism, ambitious Jewish elites hoped to improve their own social standing in Greek eyes.
Like John kerry's Jewish ancestor became Catholic when the boat landed in Boston
11 posted on 12/08/2004 11:46:28 AM PST by elbucko
(Feral Republican)
Actually, Kerry's paternal grandparents converted to Catholicism while still in the Austrian Empire, several years prior to their emigration to the United States.
54 posted on 12/08/2004 1:31:01 PM PST by Wallace T.