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According to Jewish tradition how did Jewish ideas spread around the Mediterranean world?
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- Judaism itself:
- Jewish influence:
As the new religion of Christianity spread, it taught those beliefs which it had adopted directly from Jewish sources, such as the prohibition of infanticide and human sacrifice.
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∙ 9y ago- As the Jewish communities spread and moved. This phenomenon was set in motion by the various expulsions and persecutions, which drove Jewish populations to settle in new places.
- As non-Jews came in contact with Jews, there was a degree of influence upon them. Ancient writers speak of large numbers of people in the Mediterranean area who had taken on various Jewish practices. Through them were spread those beliefs which they had adopted from Jewish sources, such as the prohibition of infanticide and human sacrifice.
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