Eupolemus (Greek: ʾΕυπόλεμος[1]) is the earliest[2] Hellenistic Jewish historian whose writing survives from Antiquity.
Five (or possibly six) fragments of his work have been preserved in Eusebius of Caesarea's Praeparatio Evangelica (hereafter abbreviated as Praep.
Style and vocabulary indicate the writing as also originally in Greek and the date of composition of the seemingly genuine passages is about 158/7 BC.
That the author dates his work by the Seleucids rather than the Ptolemies suggests Palestinian rather than Egyptian origin.
9.17.2–9) relates: Robert Doran gives reason for believing that this fragment may be part of the genuine work of Eupolemus despite earlier doubts.