The First Stage of Being

"A person who lives right, and is right, has more power in silence than another person has by words." – Phillips Brooks

I noted, as I do every Good Friday, the not-always-subtle influence that Greek philosophy had on Jewish thought and teaching during the 1st century.

This was natural, of course, as the Hellenistic Period, which lasted from the 4th century B.C. until approximately the beginning of Jesus’ earth-bound ministry, recognizes the Greek capture of and dominance …