Hellenistic Judaism

Hellenistic Judaism refers to the form of Jewish religious practice and thought that developed among Jews living in the Greek-speaking world from roughly the 4th century BCE through the early centuries CE.

These communities, especially in Alexandria, synthesized Jewish tradition with Greek philosophy and culture while maintaining core religious identity.

The Septuagint—the Greek translation of Hebrew scriptures—emerged from this milieu, as did influential thinkers like Philo who interpreted Torah through Platonic concepts.

Hellenistic Judaism shaped the intellectual environment in which early Christianity emerged.