On the Special Laws (De specialibus legibus)

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On the Special Laws (De specialibus legibus) is a philosophical and exegetical treatise by Philo of Alexandria that interprets and systematizes the specific commandments of the Mosaic Law through the lens of Hellenistic Jewish thought.

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instanceOf Hellenistic Jewish literature ⓘ
exegetical treatise ⓘ
philosophical treatise ⓘ
religious text ⓘ
aimsTo interpret Mosaic commandments philosophically ⓘ
systematize the Mosaic Law ⓘ
associatedWith Hellenistic Judaism ⓘ
linked to: Hellenistic Jews
author Philo of Alexandria ⓘ
centuryOfComposition 1st century ⓘ
commentaryOn Mosaic legislation ⓘ
dateWritten 1st century CE ⓘ
dealsWith civil legislation in the Mosaic Law ⓘ
ethical aspects of the Law ⓘ
ritual commandments ⓘ
focusesOn specific commandments of the Mosaic Law ⓘ
hasPhilosophicalAspect natural law theory ⓘ
virtue ethics ⓘ
influencedBy Greek philosophy ⓘ
Platonic thought ⓘ
Stoic ethics ⓘ
intendedAudience Hellenistic Jewish readers ⓘ
educated Greek-speaking audience ⓘ
interpretsText Pentateuch ⓘ
linked to: Torah

Torah ⓘ
LatinTitle De specialibus legibus ⓘ
literaryGenre biblical exegesis ⓘ
philosophical theology ⓘ
mainSubject Mosaic Law ⓘ
originalLanguage Greek ⓘ
partOf Philo of Alexandria's corpus ⓘ
period Second Temple Judaism ⓘ
philosophicalContext Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
Middle Platonism ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Alexandria ⓘ
preservedIn Greek manuscript tradition ⓘ
Latin translations ⓘ
relatedWork Allegorical Commentary on Genesis ⓘ
On the Creation ⓘ
On the Decalogue ⓘ
religiousPerspective monotheism ⓘ
religiousTradition Judaism ⓘ
structure multi-book treatise ⓘ
studiedIn early Christian thought ⓘ
history of Jewish philosophy ⓘ
history of biblical interpretation ⓘ
theologicalTheme relationship between divine law and reason ⓘ
universal significance of Mosaic Law ⓘ
usesMethod allegorical interpretation ⓘ

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Philo of Alexandria → notableWork → On the Special Laws (De specialibus legibus) ⓘ
On the Special Laws → LatinTitle → De specialibus legibus ⓘ
linked to: On the Special Laws (De specialibus legibus)
corpus of Philo of Alexandria → containsWork → On the Special Laws (De specialibus legibus) ⓘ
On the Decalogue → relatedWork → On the Special Laws ⓘ
linked to: On the Special Laws (De specialibus legibus)
Embassy to Gaius → relatedWork → On the Special Laws ⓘ
linked to: On the Special Laws (De specialibus legibus)