fl. c. 170 BCE · Jewish philosopher
Aristobulus of Alexandria
Ἀριστόβουλος
Known · AttestedWorked in Alexandria.
In Alexandria: c. 170 BCE
Addressed an explanation of the Law of Moses to Ptolemy VI, reading its anthropomorphisms allegorically and claiming that Plato and Pythagoras had drawn on Moses. The first Jewish philosopher whose words survive, in fragments quoted by Clement and Eusebius.
Our device: Their emblem is a scroll of the Law. No portrait of any of these people survives. The emblems are our devices.
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- Aristobulus of Alexandria, Explanations of the Law of Moses (fragments), with the Jewish 'Testament of Orpheus' · c. 175–150 BCE · Survives in fragments
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Sources (2)
- Eusebius, Preparation for the Gospel 8.10; 13.12
- T. Rajak, Translation and Survival: The Greek Bible of the Ancient Jewish Diaspora (Oxford, 2009)