text: I think you should read the bible, and the Seleucid history that Jesus himself opposed, in the Bible. Not to mention Ezekiel's prophecy. 
  
  Not to mention Alexander the Great conquered the area and flooded the area with hellenistic interpretations and ideologies that shaped the new testament after a grueling intertestamental period. 
  
  The evil empire of the seleucids apparently still ring true after roman conquest as all the male syrian refugees preceeded their women and children.