Difference between Hellenism and Hebraism

1. Difference between Hellenism and
Hebraism
Hema Goswami
Sem 2
Paper-6: The Victorian Literature
Submitted to Department of English
MKBU
Enrollment no. 2069108420180020
Roll no. 12
Email id-
hemagoswami474@gmail.com
Year 2017-19

2. Hellenism
Originated from the Greek
word “Hellenismos” meaning as
imitation of or similarity to the
Greeks.
It is used to describe the
influence of Greek culture on the
people
Originated from the
Greek word “Hellenismos”
meaning as imitation of or
similarity to the Greeks.
It is used to describe the
influence of Greek culture
on the people
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3. History
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4. Hebraism
Hebraic +ism, meaning a
quality or characteristics of the
Hebrew people, 1847.
The identification of a
usage, trait of the Hebrew
language, often applied by
Jewish people.
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5. Difference between
Hellenism and Hebraism
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Greek speaking jews
More liberal
Spontaneity of
consciousness
Clear intelligence
See things as they
really are
Hebrew speaking jews
Narrow and twisted
Strictness of
conscience
Firm obedience
Speaks of becoming
conscious of sin

6. Connecting the thought of more liberal and restrict
with the serial “Ishq Subhan Allah”
◈ Two principled people Kabir Ahmed and zara Siddiqui, having
different mindset with regards to religion
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7.  The final aim of both these points is
same:
Man’s perfection or salvation
 Archilochus says that “The fox
knows many things, but the
hedgehog knows one big thing”
 So we can use this reference as
Hellenism is a fox and Hebraism is
hedgehog.
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8. Ego and superego
Arnold’s Hellenism is like Freudiun ego,
His Hebraism like superego
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9. “Hebraism and Hellenism,
between these two points of
influence moves our world
-Matthew Arnold
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10. Arnold tries to right the imbalance between
these two points.
He sees an excess of Hebraism and
insufficiency of Hellenism
Hellenism is of Indo-European growth,
Hebraism is of semitic growth
conclusion
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THANKS!

12. ◈ Works Cited
◈ arnold, Matthew. Culture and anarchy.
london: alfred j drake, 1869.
◈ hellenism. 17 september 2001
<http://www.zum.de/whkmla/sat/texts/Helle
nism.html>.
◈ "politics and ideas Hebraism and hellenism."
commentary magazine. Milton himmelfarb,
1969.
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