This Creator did not belong to a faith and tradition of the city. This is also the reason why Paul placed so much emphasis in the victory against death, when he spoke in Athens.

Jews, on the other hand, were grateful for their existence, yet recognizing in God the source of their goods, thus valuing the creatures and gifts of God more than God himself. This explains also why there was not in their religious life such a strong notion of “becoming like God”, a dominant notion in (especially the Orthodox) Christianity – even in Plato.