Hebrew and Greek Syncretism

The Hebrew and Greek world views are in many ways different. The Hebrew world view is of a God living with his creation. This life is important. The patriarchs of the Hebrew Bible are promised that their progeny will multiply and prosper. This life in this body is key. References to other realities beyond this one are rare. The Greek world view is different. The Greek world view is not of a God living within creation, but rather representing a perfection above and detached from creation (cf. Plato's Ideas). All those notions of the omni's are Greek notions (omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient). When the Hebrew world intersected with the Greek world (at the time the dominant view) Hebrew notions were thought about and written about in Greek terms and the Greek language. (The NT was written in Greek.) This produced a syncretism in which new notions arose as a result of this translation of Hebrew notions into the Greek world view. Principle among these are notions of an other worldly Heaven and a Hades like Hell (but even worse) as well as apocalyptic visions.