Hellenistic Jews

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Hellenistic Jews were Jews of the ancient Mediterranean world who adopted elements of Greek language and culture while maintaining their Jewish religious identity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish community
diaspora population
ethno-religious group
culture Hellenistic culture
Jewish culture
declineCause Christianization of the Roman Empire
Roman–Jewish wars
linked to: Jewish–Roman wars

rise of Rabbinic Judaism
ethnicGroup Jews
faced cultural assimilation pressures
tensions with more traditional Jews
followed Torah
geographicDistribution Alexandria
Antioch
Asia Minor
Cyprus
Cyrenaica
Egypt
Jerusalem
Rome
Syria
eastern Mediterranean
hadCommunity Alexandrian Jewish community
Jewish community in Antioch
Jewish community in Rome
historicalContext after conquests of Alexander the Great
influencedBy Greek literature
Greek philosophy
Hellenistic religion
maintained Jewish religious identity
circumcision
observance of dietary laws
observance of the Sabbath
notableWork 2 Maccabees
3 Maccabees
4 Maccabees
Letter of Aristeas
Wisdom of Solomon
linked to: Book of Wisdom

Works of Josephus
Works of Philo of Alexandria
linked to: Philo of Alexandria
playedRoleIn Jewish diaspora history
early Christianity
practiced Jewish law
produced Greek translations of Hebrew Bible
Hellenistic Jewish literature
Septuagint
relatedTo Palestinian Jews
Rabbinic Judaism
Second Temple Judaism
religion Judaism
timePeriod 1st century BCE
1st century CE
2nd century BCE
2nd century CE
3rd century BCE
Hellenistic period
usedLanguage Aramaic
Greek
Hebrew
Koine Greek

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Koine Greek usedBy Hellenistic Jews
Septuagint usedBy Hellenistic Jews
Rabbinic Judaism contrastsWith Hellenistic Judaism
linked to: Hellenistic Jews
Second Temple Judaism hasPart Hellenistic Judaism
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Logos influencedBy Hellenistic Judaism
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Book of Wisdom targetAudience Hellenistic Jews
Philo of Alexandria culture Hellenistic Judaism
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3 Maccabees audience Hellenistic Jews
Hellenistic period associatedWith Hellenistic Judaism
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Jewish–Roman conflicts in Alexandria opposingGroup Alexandrian Jews
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4 Maccabees audience Hellenistic Jews
Maccabees relatedTo Hellenistic Judaism
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Alexandrian theology influencedBy Hellenistic Judaism
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Homilies on Exodus influencedBy Hellenistic Judaism
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Yosef ben Matityahu culturalContext Hellenistic Judaism
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Greek Daniel religiousTradition Hellenistic Judaism
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On the Creation (De opificio mundi) philosophicalTradition Hellenistic Judaism
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Allegorical Interpretation (Legum Allegoriae) religiousTradition Hellenistic Judaism
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On the Special Laws associatedWith Hellenistic Judaism
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On the Embassy to Gaius religiousPerspective Hellenistic Judaism
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On the Embassy to Gaius mentions Alexandrian Jewish community
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Saul Lieberman notableWork Greek in Jewish Palestine
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Aristeas culturalContext Hellenistic Judaism
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Philocrates associatedWithCulture Hellenistic Judaism
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Hypothetica (by Philo) philosophicalTradition Hellenistic Judaism
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Hypothetica (by Philo) associatedWith Alexandrian Judaism
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Tigranes V of Armenia religion Hellenistic Judaism
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Ptolemy son of Abubus culture Hellenistic Judaism
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Wars against the Seleucid Empire historicalPeriod Hellenistic Judaism
linked to: Hellenistic Jews