 In the context of the age and period it meant "seeking or forming part of a cultural entity" and it resembled its antonym "hellenismos", a word that signified a people's submission to Hellenic (Greek) cultural norms.The conflict between "iudaismos" and "hellenismos" lay behind the Maccabean revolt and hence the invention of the term "iudaismos".Shaye J. D. Cohen writes in his book "The Beginnings of Jewishness"