How did Jewish ideas spread though the Mediterranean world?

Answer 1

1. 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.
2. 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.

Answer 2

During the Second Temple period, many Jews migrated to countries in North Africa, southern Europe, the Near East, the Middle East, and even Central Asia. There, they came in contact with the non-Jews through trade and daily life.

Answer 3

Judaism itself:

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.

Jewish influence:
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. It was these semi-converts who were especially likely to adopt Christianity.

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.

See also the Related Links.

Link: The diaspora

Link: The influence of Hebrew traditions on the Western world

Answer 4

During the First Temple period, through ties of commerce. In the Second Temple period, Jews lived throughout the Mediterranean area.

Answer 5

Judaism spread as Jews migrated throughout the known world. Occasionally groups non-Jews were converted, but that was relatively rare.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Through the Jewish diaspora.