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Sometimes they were subversive enemies of the Roman order.
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As I said, they were officially recognized by the Romans,
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but this caused problems for Jews sometimes.
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In Alexandria, the local Egyptian population
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resented the Jews because they were recognized as a legal
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ethnicity in Alexandria, and they weren't given complete
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privileges of the Greeks in-- Alexandria was a Greek city.
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So they were Greek speaking, maybe people of Greek descent.
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But if they had fully adopted Greek customs,
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they were considered Greeks.
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The Jews were not considered Greeks, but at least they were
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higher in status in Alexandrian law than local Egyptians.