My personal motto has always been de omnibus dubitandum and so I have to admit that a part of me has always doubted that there ever was a Boethus of Alexandria who was the head of the Boethusian (ביתוסין) sect in ancient Judaism (the Herodian faction of the Sadducees).
So here's my problem - I can't help but notice that the name ביתוס looks more like the Greek Βυθός ('Depth' a common term in Alexandrian gnosticism) than it does the name Boethus.
I am quite aware of the explanation which appears in Josephus that there really was a Herodian high priest name Boethus. Nevertheless I like to consider all the possibilities.
Stephan Huller has had a life long interest in religion and spirituality 
dating back to conversations with his grandfather, Gaston Frank. "He said we represent one of the last descendants of the Frankist Jewish faith in the world," he muses. "I grew up thinking that our family was something like the Last of the Mohicans."