Jewish community of Alexandria

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Jewish_community_of_Alexandria

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Jewish_community
gptkbp:architecture	gptkb:Great_Synagogue_of_Alexandria multiple synagogues
gptkbp:culturalSignificance	gptkb:philosophy gptkb:Hellenistic_Judaism Jewish-Greek literature
gptkbp:declinedAfter	gptkb:Arab_conquest Roman persecution Byzantine restrictions
gptkbp:earliestEvidence	3rd century BCE
gptkbp:education	Jewish schools Greek education
gptkbp:famousFor	gptkb:Septuagint_translation
gptkbp:governedBy	ethnarch
gptkbp:hasSynagogue	gptkb:Great_Synagogue_of_Alexandria
gptkbp:historicalPeriod	gptkb:Roman_period gptkb:Hellenistic_period
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Jewish community of Alexandria
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:philosophy gptkb:Alexandrian_theology early Christianity Hellenistic literature
gptkbp:languageSpoken	gptkb:Greek gptkb:Hebrew
gptkbp:legalStatus	Roman citizenship (some members) autonomous community under Ptolemies
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:Alexandria gptkb:Egypt
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Destruction_of_the_Great_Synagogue_of_Alexandria gptkb:Kitos_War_(115–117_CE) gptkb:Alexandrian_pogroms Destruction during Trajan's reign
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Philo_of_Alexandria gptkb:Tiberius_Julius_Alexander
gptkbp:notableWork	gptkb:Letter_of_Aristeas gptkb:Hebrew_Bible gptkb:Works_of_Philo
gptkbp:populationPeak	over 100,000
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Jewish_community gptkb:Second_Temple_Judaism gptkb:Alexandrian_riots_(38_CE,_66_CE) gptkb:Alexandrian_School Jewish communities in Egypt
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:status	gptkb:diaspora almost extinct
gptkbp:tradeActivity	commerce in Alexandria
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Hellenistic_Judaism
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5