Aristobulus Mosaic-law dialogue behind Clement and Eusebius fragments
A lost Hellenistic Jewish exposition of Mosaic law, inferred behind patristic fragments attributed to Aristobulus of Paneas.
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A lost Hellenistic Jewish exposition visible through patristic excerpts.
Epistemic status
This article describes an entity that is not directly attested: the full Aristobulus Mosaic-law dialogue behind Clement and Eusebius fragments. The source-backed object is the missing work, not a complete extant text.
Summary
A reference entry describes a rather extensive Aristobulus work on Mosaic law. It says the work was written as a dialogue between King Ptolemy and Aristobulus, and that portions survive in Clement and Eusebius.
What is being inferred
The fuller Hellenistic Jewish exposition of Mosaic law from which the later preserved portions derive.
What is attested
The attested surface is the patristic quotation chain and the reference description of the work's subject and dialogue frame.
Why infer this entity
A substantial named authorial work with preserved portions in later authors implies an absent whole behind the fragmentary witnesses.
Evidence ledger
- The source reports one rather extensive work.
- It describes the work as an exposition of Mosaic law.
- It gives a dialogue frame involving King Ptolemy and Aristobulus.
- It says portions are preserved in Clement and Eusebius.
- It treats a claim of complete later survival as doubtful.
Counterarguments
The ancient title is uncertain, and the source warns against simple acceptance of a later complete-survival report.
Confidence scores
Direct attestation 54; existence warrant 78; specificity 72; reconstruction dependence 72; counterevidence 30.
What would change the score
A synoptic edition of the Aristobulus fragments would raise specificity. Evidence that the fragments represent several unrelated Aristobulan works would require splitting the article.
Why this candidate exists
Codex-native Judaism category traversal selected a Second Temple Hellenistic Jewish text whose full dialogue is absent behind later quotation witnesses.
L3 Evidence packet
Encyclopaedia Judaica, Aristobulus of Paneas - Indirect reference
Warrant role: Supporting evidence
Source authority: Encyclopedia summary 72
Access level: Full text
Locator: Encyclopaedia Judaica, Aristobulus of Paneas
Quote: "one rather extensive work"
Paraphrase: The source identifies a substantial work behind the fragments.
Reliability: 72 - Relevance: 88
Cluster: aristobulus-dialogue
Encyclopaedia Judaica, Aristobulus of Paneas - Direct attestation
Warrant role: Supporting evidence
Source authority: Encyclopedia summary 72
Access level: Full text
Locator: Encyclopaedia Judaica, Aristobulus of Paneas
Quote: "exposition of the Mosaic law"
Paraphrase: The work's subject is identified as Mosaic-law exposition.
Reliability: 72 - Relevance: 84
Cluster: aristobulus-dialogue
Encyclopaedia Judaica, Aristobulus of Paneas - Shared wording
Warrant role: Supporting evidence
Source authority: Encyclopedia summary 72
Access level: Full text
Locator: Encyclopaedia Judaica, Aristobulus of Paneas
Quote: "dialogue between King Ptolemy and Aristobulus"
Paraphrase: The source specifies the literary frame of the work.
Reliability: 72 - Relevance: 82
Cluster: aristobulus-dialogue
Encyclopaedia Judaica, Aristobulus of Paneas - Indirect reference
Warrant role: Supporting evidence
Source authority: Encyclopedia summary 72
Access level: Full text
Locator: Encyclopaedia Judaica, Aristobulus of Paneas
Quote: "have been preserved"
Paraphrase: Only portions survive through later authors.
Reliability: 72 - Relevance: 86
Cluster: aristobulus-dialogue
Encyclopaedia Judaica, Aristobulus of Paneas - Negative evidence
Warrant role: Counterevidence
Source authority: Encyclopedia summary 72
Access level: Full text
Locator: Encyclopaedia Judaica, Aristobulus of Paneas
Quote: "is open to doubt"
Paraphrase: A claim of complete later survival is explicitly discounted.
Reliability: 72 - Relevance: 78
Cluster: aristobulus-dialogue
Offline existing-inferon judge ledger control source - Network gap
Warrant role: Noetic interpretation
Source authority: Noetic model prior 50
Access level: No external text
Locator: existing_inferon_judge_promote:inferon:440
Paraphrase: Offline judge treated existing inferon 440 (source_dependence) as support for Aristobulus Mosaic-law dialogue behind Clement and Eusebius fragments. Evidence strength: source-backed prior reading already isolated a bounded missing or reconstructed entity; suitable for L2 only. The accountable path is EvidencePath 1658.
Reliability: 78 - Relevance: 66
Cluster: existing_inferon_judge_promote:74afdc50a188eb54c99da7527c14cd5c
Arguments
Existing inferon 440 supports an L2 inferred candidate for Aristobulus Mosaic-law dialogue behind Clement and Eusebius fragments; this remains below publication and is not direct attestation.
AI-assessed L2 Quotient triage: AI judge warrant assessment for L2 Quotient triage; existing AI-created evidence remains below publication.