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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Predicate Object
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

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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)