Culture and Religion in Hellenistic Israel (circa 332 BCE-70 CE) by hadassah | Apr 8, 2008 | Culture and Religion in Hellenistic Israel Overview- Culture and Religion in Hellenistic Israel (circa 332 BCE-70 CE) Pharisees and Sadducees (332 BCE-c. 70 CE) Second Temple Sectarianism (332 BCE-c. 70 CE) Literature of the Second Commonwealth (332 BCE-c. 70 CE) The Significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls