The historian Josephus says that the Seleucid dynasty of kings encouraged Jews to settle in the city, giving them full citizenship rights. By that time, the Hebrew Scriptures were available in Greek.
उस समय तक यहूदियों के धर्म - ग्रंथ, बाइबल के इब्रानी शास्त्र का अनुवाद यूनानी भाषा में हो चुका था ।