Hypothetica (by Philo)

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Hypothetica is a lost work by the Hellenistic Jewish philosopher Philo of Alexandria, known primarily from fragments that discuss groups such as the Essenes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hellenistic Jewish text
ancient philosophical work
lost work
associatedWith Hellenistic Jews
surface form: Alexandrian Judaism
author Philo of Alexandria
authorshipStatus generally accepted as authentic work of Philo
culturalContext Hellenistic world
describedGroup Essenes
genre philosophical
religious
geographicalContext Judea
historicalPeriodDescribed Second Temple Judaism
knownFrom fragments
language Greek
literaryForm prose
mentionedCommunity Essenes
originalMedium manuscript
philosophicalInfluence Middle Platonism
philosophicalTradition Hellenistic Jews
surface form: Hellenistic Judaism
placeOfOrigin Alexandria
relatedField Jewish studies
Second Temple history
biblical studies
history of philosophy
religiousAffiliationOfAuthor Judaism
religiousContext Judaism
religiousPerspective Jewish apologetic toward non-Jews
scholarlyInterest study of Essenes
study of Jewish sectarianism
subjectMatter Jewish groups in the Second Temple period
Jewish law and customs
Jewish sects
survivalStatus fragmentary
timeOfComposition 1st century CE
transmissionForm quotations in later authors
workType apologetic treatise
historical-ethnographic description

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