Statement

About 120 years after Hananiah's letter, a Greek traveler named Hecataeus, a contemporary of Alexander the Great, described Judah as a society that seemed governed by the laws of Moses, who is said to have led the colony and set up the temple, its worship and its laws.

Ancient witnesses mentioned by the sourceHecateu

References

1. p. 50

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   Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman. The Jews: A History. 3rd edition. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, 2019.

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