How did Judaism react to external cultural influences?

Benjy0620: How did Judaism react to external cultural influences?
From the conquest of Alexander the Great to the compilation of the Babylonian and Persian Talmuds, Judaism reacted to external cultural influences. Provide specific historical examples of these reactions and note particularly how the Pharisee tradition came to prevail in Rabbinical Judaism.

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Answer by Dangerous
They reacted with characteristic Xenophobia and went to war with them.

just read that account of genocide known as the old testament.

To the people who gave me two thumbs down: READ THE OLD TESTAMENT IT’S NOT EVEN DENIED!!!