What is the deference between Judeo-Christian and Greco-Roman heritage?

Answer 1

They are two paths that merged. Part of that merger was forced and part was morphed.

As to the two paths, they are distinctly different. "Classical" Greek culture was largely independent of Jewish/Israeli culture. We can see the individuality that was not common in the Eastern cultures and the Greek culture is commonly the root of that we call Western culture. As for the Romans, they were wannabes who adopted any and everything Greek. Their pantheon, their mythology was essentially the same, so similar that the names had been often used interchangably with little likelyhood of serious problem or challenge. Jupiter was Zeus, etc.

The Jewish/Israeli culture was probably one of the more individualistic of the Eastern cultures, but there were aspects that were distinctly "Eastern". The very early Christians were Jews and thoroughly engrained in that culture. But Christianity didn't stay, indeed was even directed not to stay, Jewish. The Greek-cultured converts added a flavor to the Christian community that was so unique that Greeks and Romans had problems with it (some Christians were called atheists, with their One God, they were denying the godS), and were meanwhile so non-Jewish (Gentile) that proper Jewish culture couldn't accept them either. But there was a commonness too, and that was what morphed the Western culture from what it was to what it later became. Whether you want to debate whether Constantine's conversion was genuine, there is little room for debate that the pervasiveness of Christians in the Roman empire was so extensive that someone would have had to recognize their political constituency. Eventually, someone would have had to change the distinction of religio illicita.

What is the difference between Judeo-Christian and Greco-Roman heritage? Both a lot and a little.

Answer 2

the first is religious, (judeo christian) the second is not. the first is monotheism, our value system, the basis of our legal system, our morality and religious beliefs.(but the greeks and romans believed in a pantheon of multiple gods with human characteristics. )

the second (greco roman)probably mostly refers to architecture, maths, law, politics, philosphy etc.

Answer 3

About 2000 miles.

Answer 4

www.theatlantic.com/issues/93feb/lewis.htm

www.geocities.com/window2islam/books/womeninjudeochris.html

www.eppc.org/publications/pubID.1551/pub_detail.asp