The Greek language proved to be excellent for conveying enlightening shades of meaning to a spiritually confused and bedarkened world. After Antiochus IV Epiphanes became king of Syria and ruler of Palestine (175 - 164 B.C.E.), Judaism was nearly wiped out by government - sponsored persecution.
२८५ - २४६) के शासन के दौरान, इब्रानी शास्त्र को सामान्य यूनानी भाषा, कोईनी में अनुवादित किया जाने लगा ।