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Ezekiel
Jewish dramatist
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Hellenistic Judaism
- In Judaism: Egyptian Jewish literature
…Jewish dramatist of the period, Ezekiel (c. 100 bce), composed tragedies in Greek. Fragments of one of them, The Exodus, show how deeply he was influenced by the Greek dramatist Euripides (484–406 bce). Whether or not such plays were actually presented on the stage, they edified Jews and showed pagans…
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