Hellenistic Jews

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Jewish community diaspora population ethno-religious group

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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Hellenistic Judaism	7
Alexandrian Jews	1

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish community ⓘ diaspora population ⓘ ethno-religious group ⓘ
culture	Hellenistic culture ⓘ Jewish culture ⓘ
declineCause	Christianization of the Roman Empire ⓘ Jewish–Roman wars ⓘ surface form: Roman–Jewish 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 ⓘ Book of Wisdom ⓘ surface form: Wisdom of Solomon Josephus’s work "The Jewish War" ⓘ surface form: Works of Josephus Philo of Alexandria ⓘ surface form: Works of 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 ⓘ