Philo of Alexandria — In Flaccum

Evidence state: documented fact

First-century Alexandrian Jewish work describing conflict and persecution under the prefect Flaccus. Useful for Jewish life, civic status, administration, rhetoric, and Greco-Roman political vocabulary in a near-contemporary setting.

Release Introduced

v50

Curation State

CURATED_CATALOG_ENTITY

Short Title

Philo, In Flaccum

Evidence Classification

documented fact

Date Range

{
    "start_ce": 38,
    "end_ce": 45,
    "label": "mid-1st century CE, after the events of 38 CE",
    "certainty": "approximate composition context"
}

Languages

[
    "Greek"
]

Tradition Contexts

[
    "JEWISH_CONTEXT",
    "GRECO_ROMAN_CONTEXT"
]

Identifiers

[
    {
        "scheme": "CTS work URN",
        "value": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg030"
    }
]

Source Ids

[
    "SRC_PERSEUS_PHILO_IN_FLACCUM"
]

Rights

{
    "edition_text_state": "CC_BY_SA_4_0",
    "translation_state": "CC_BY_SA_4_0_DISPLAYED_EDITION",
    "local_host_state": "LOCAL_HOST_PERMITTED_WITH_LICENSE_COMPLIANCE"
}

Evidence Boundary

Philo provides first-century Jewish/Greco-Roman literary evidence from Alexandria. His terminology and political circumstances cannot simply be projected onto every Judean or New Testament context.