Abstract
Antagonism and convergence seem to be two basic options in Judaism's relation to Hellenism. Hellenism influenced a Jewish culture and religion. This influence was characterized by philosophical content and mentally religious, the Greek culture of concepts and thinking. In anthropology it manifested itself in the form of, inter alia, dualistic antagonism, but preserving the Hebrew holism. The Septuagint faced the Hellenistic concept of man, especially Wis. and 4Mac. These writings took into account the pressure on Judaism of Hellenic rationalization of thought, as well as Hellenistic universalism and cosmopolitanism. Anthropological issues in Hellenic Judaism indicate the attractiveness and usefulness of Hellenic anthropology for understanding the biblical vision of man.