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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Generate an image of Hellenistic Jews (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 ⓘ
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Second Temple Judaism → hasPart → Hellenistic Judaism ⓘ
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Greek Writings → tradition → 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 ⓘ
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Tetrapla → religiousTradition → Hellenistic Judaism ⓘ
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Alexandrian theological tradition → influencedBy → Hellenistic Judaism ⓘ
subject linked to: Alexandrian
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Homilies on Leviticus → influencedBy → Hellenistic Judaism ⓘ
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De opificio mundi → tradition → Hellenistic Judaism ⓘ
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corpus of Philo of Alexandria → tradition → Hellenistic Judaism ⓘ
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On the Sacrifices of Abel and Cain → philosophicalTradition → Hellenistic Judaism ⓘ
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Legum Allegoriae → philosophicalTradition → Hellenistic Judaism ⓘ
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On the Decalogue → religiousTradition → Hellenistic Judaism ⓘ
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On the Decalogue → culturalContext → Hellenistic Jewish diaspora in Alexandria ⓘ
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Embassy to Gaius → philosophicalContext → Hellenistic Judaism ⓘ
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Protrepticus → influencedBy → Hellenistic Judaism ⓘ
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Lucius of Cyrene → culturalContext → Hellenistic Judaism ⓘ
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