Artapanus of Alexandria

Artapanus of Alexandria (Greek Ἀρτάπανος ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς, the name may be a pseudonym) was a Jewish writer of the second century BC He lived in Alexandria and came from the city itself or the surrounding area. He has authored various writings about the Jews, including a historical work about the Jews who have not survived. Parts of the work are found in Eusebius of Caesarea and Clement of Alexandria, who quote him.

In a kind of absoluteness of the Jewish religion is all knowledge of the world, all forms of religious claims as originating from the Jews and biblical characters; so, for example, Moses had each district of Egypt determines the ever own form of animal worship.