But “in the time of Christ, ” says historian Glanville Downey,“ the old religious cults and the philosophies were tending to become matters of individual belief, as people independently sought religious satisfaction for their own problems and aspirations. ”
पू. ३०० मध्ये अंत्युखिया शहराची स्थापना झाल्यापासून तेथे यहुद्यांची मोठी वसाहत झाली होती.