“... The Letter of Pseudo-Aristeas makes the courtier Aristeas provide the following explanation of Jewish belief: 'They worship the same god, the Lord and Creator of the Universe, as all other men, as we ourselves, O king, though we call him by different names, such as Zeus or Dis. This name was very appropriately bestowed upon him by our first ancestors, in order to signify that He through whom all things are endowed with life and come into being, is necessarily the ruler and lord of the universe.' On the other hand, Aristobulus, in his version of the Testament of Orpheus and in his quotation from Aratus, replaces the name Zeus with theos and emphasizes explicitly: 'I have interpreted the passage as is necessary by removing the names "Dis" and "Zeus" which occur in the poems, since their meaning relates to God. This is why I have expressed them in this way....For all the philosophers agree that one must have pious views about God, and this is something which our philosophical school (hairesis) particularly insists on.' Here we have indications of an inner-Jewish controversy about how far it is admissible to transfer the names of foreign gods to the true God. ...”