Hellenistic Jews

E5877

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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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Hellenistic Judaism	20
Hellenistic Jews canonical	5
Alexandrian Jewish community	1
Alexandrian Jews	1
Alexandrian Judaism	1
Greek in Jewish Palestine	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 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Koine Greek → usedBy → Hellenistic Jews ⓘ

Septuagint → usedBy → Hellenistic Jews ⓘ

Rabbinic Judaism → contrastsWith → Hellenistic Jews ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hellenistic Judaism

Second Temple Judaism → hasPart → Hellenistic Jews ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hellenistic Judaism

Logos → influencedBy → Hellenistic Jews ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hellenistic Judaism

Book of Wisdom → targetAudience → Hellenistic Jews ⓘ

Philo of Alexandria → culture → Hellenistic Jews ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hellenistic Judaism

3 Maccabees → audience → Hellenistic Jews ⓘ

Hellenistic period → associatedWith → Hellenistic Jews ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hellenistic Judaism

Jewish–Roman conflicts in Alexandria → opposingGroup → Hellenistic Jews ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexandrian Jews

4 Maccabees → audience → Hellenistic Jews ⓘ

Maccabees → relatedTo → Hellenistic Jews ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hellenistic Judaism

Alexandrian theology → influencedBy → Hellenistic Jews ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hellenistic Judaism

Homilies on Exodus → influencedBy → Hellenistic Jews ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hellenistic Judaism

Yosef ben Matityahu → culturalContext → Hellenistic Jews ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hellenistic Judaism

Greek Daniel → religiousTradition → Hellenistic Jews ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hellenistic Judaism

On the Creation (De opificio mundi) → philosophicalTradition → Hellenistic Jews ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hellenistic Judaism

Allegorical Interpretation (Legum Allegoriae) → religiousTradition → Hellenistic Jews ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hellenistic Judaism

On the Special Laws (De specialibus legibus) → associatedWith → Hellenistic Jews ⓘ

subject surface form: On the Special Laws

this entity surface form: Hellenistic Judaism

On the Embassy to Gaius (Legatio ad Gaium) → religiousPerspective → Hellenistic Jews ⓘ

subject surface form: On the Embassy to Gaius

this entity surface form: Hellenistic Judaism

On the Embassy to Gaius (Legatio ad Gaium) → mentions → Hellenistic Jews ⓘ

subject surface form: On the Embassy to Gaius

this entity surface form: Alexandrian Jewish community

Saul Lieberman → notableWork → Hellenistic Jews ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek in Jewish Palestine

Aristeas → culturalContext → Hellenistic Jews ⓘ

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Philocrates → associatedWithCulture → Hellenistic Jews ⓘ

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Hypothetica (by Philo) → philosophicalTradition → Hellenistic Jews ⓘ

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Hypothetica (by Philo) → associatedWith → Hellenistic Jews ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexandrian Judaism

Tigranes V of Armenia → religion → Hellenistic Jews ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hellenistic Judaism

Ptolemy son of Abubus → culture → Hellenistic Jews ⓘ

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Wars against the Seleucid Empire → historicalPeriod → Hellenistic Jews ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hellenistic Judaism