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So they may well have identified the Jewish god Yahweh
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with this god Zeus Olympus
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and said it's just two different names,
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one Greek name and one Jewish name for the same Jewish god.
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That may have been what they were thinking about.
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They could also have been thinking about the Syrian god Baal,
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that Baal Shamin was a Syrian god,
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so they're just saying we'll have an altar here,
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Antiochus will be happy because we're
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worshipping this Syrian god here,
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the Greeks are happy we're worshipping Zeus Olympus
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and the Jews will be happy because it's identified as Yahweh.