A growing number of intellectuals and students aim to restore the relation of ideas between Hellenism and the early origins of Christianity. They maintain that the Judaic roots of Christianity were heavily influenced by Hellenistic and neo-Platonic thought. But since the rise of the Ottoman Empire, there has been a persistent global campaign to dissociate Christianity from its Hellenistic sources. Instead, much misleading publicity has been given to so-called Babylonian and Persian influences on Judaic and Christian culture.