Philo-Judæus of Alexandria - Norman Bentwich

Egypt, Alexander's march to, [14];
settlement of Jews in, [14];
connection between Israel and, [14];
visited by Plato, [15], [172];
Diaspora in, after Jeremiah, [15];
a favored home of the Jews, [21];
conversion widespread in (see Rome), [32];
Flaccus, governor of, [65];
Jews of, under same rule as Palestine Jews, [15].
Egyptian, populace, Philo on, [62];
thought, Philo's acquaintance with, [48].
Epistles, the Pauline, lineal descendants of Allegories of the Laws, [247];
doctrines of the Logos in, [250].
Essenes, rise of, [34], [54];
account of, in Philo's works, [78];
type of the philosophical life, [79];
practitioners in the Cabbalah, [233].

Flaccus, won over by Anti-Semites, [65];
indifference of, to attacks of Jews, [66];
recall of, [66];
Philo on the persecutions of, [78].
Frankel Z., writes on Alexandrian-Jewish culture, [241].

Gaius (Roman Emperor), comes to the imperial chair, [65];
Jews appeal directly to, [66];
receives Jewish deputation, [67];
death of, [69].
Greek philosophers, Philo's relation to, , [52];
philosophy, Philo's influence on, [49], [191] f.;
colonies, Alexander settles Jews in, [14].
Greek culture, various branches of, [47];
the chief schools of, [48], [54];
fertilizing influence of ideas of, [58];
and Jewish Scripture, [76];
neglected in Babylon, [224].

Haggadah, the, in Philo's works, [202], [207 f.];
antiquity of, [209] f.;
allegorical speculation in, [212].
Halakah, outcome of devotion to Torah, [99];
Palestinian Jews determine, [105];
observance of oral law standardized in, [126];
relation of Philo to, [202] f.;
differences between Alexandrian Sanhedrin and Palestinian, [203 f.];
codification of, [207].
Hebrew, language, evidence of Philo's knowledge of, [49];
included in barbarian languages, [97];
Philo's derivations from, [50], [101];
race, the three founders of, [110] f.;
tradition, Philo follows, [159];
mind, Professor Caird on, [167].
Hellenism, of Palestine, [24], [25];
of Alexandria (see Greek culture), [25];
influence of, in Palestine, ;
and the interpretation of the Bible, [254];
New Testament, a combination of Hebraism and, [247];
Christian theology a descent to a commoner, [254].
Hillel, Philo contemporary with, [45];
shows expansion of Hebrew mind, [45];
on chief lesson of Torah, [117], [118];
spirit of, shared by Philo, [249].
Humanity, tractate appended to a Life of Moses, [75].

Incarnation, notion of, not Jewish, [166].
Indian, thought, Philo's acquaintance with, [48].
Isaac, See Lives of Isaac and Jacob, [83].
Israel, Philo's derivation of the name, [50], [138];
God's special providence for, [77];
the mission of, [206], [242].
Italy, Philo visits, [66].

Jacob, See Lives of Isaac and Jacob, [83].
Jeremiah, prophesies in Egypt, [14];
heard by Plato, [15].
Jerusalem, Alexander's visit to, [14];
Philo, on national centre at, [20], [41], [86];
spiritual headship of, [41];
special synagogues for Alexandrians in, [41];
derivation of name of, [50];
Philo's sojourn at, [50];
downfall of, [71];
Judaism at, [129].
Jesus, spread of his teaching, [245];
his message compared with that of Philo, [245];
preaching of, effect on Jewish attitude to life, [246];
Paul sets up a new faith in, [251].
Jewish, community at Alexandria (see Alexandria), [13] ff., [72];
temple at Elephantine, [15];
kingdom reaches its height, [45];
mind, religous conception of, [49], [137], [166];
law and ceremony, elucidation of, [49];
race, symbol of the unity of, [51];
aspiration toward "freedom under the law," [124];
influences, dominant in Philo, [133], [189];
philosophy, eclectic, [168];
philosophy, new school of in Middle Ages, [225] f.
Joseph (see Lives of Abraham and Joseph), [83];
as Egyptian statesman, [23].
Josephus, on Onias and Dositheus, [18];
inconsistent accounts of Onias temple, [19];
on Egyptian Jews, [20];
account of Herod's temple by, [41];
writes a reply to Apion, [65];
description of Gaius' conduct to Jewish deputation, [68];
on the spreading of Judaism, [115];
indicates communication between schools of Alexandria and Palestine, [220];
relation to Philo and his works, [222].
Jowett, on sermons, [90].
Judaism, genius of, [46], [196];
Philo's exposition of, [52], [74], [78], [81], [84], [105];
Philo protests against desecration of, [258];
mysticism in, [58];
philosophical, [72], [230];
Alexandrian development of, [77], [92];
moral teachings of, [85];
religion of the law, [106], [116], [260];
Josephus on the spreading of, [115];
a religion of universal validity, [121], [169];
at Jerusalem and Alexandria, [129];
catholic conscience of, [130], [131];
Darmesteter on, [132];
Logos doctrine and, [165];
danger of union with Gentiles to, [206];
a national culture, [219];
influences of Jesus and Paul on, [247];
Hellenistic interpretation of the Bible and, [254].
Judas Maccabæus, struggles against Hellenizing party, [18].

Krochmal, Nachman, criticism of Philo, [240].

Life of Moses, contents of, [75], [79] f.;
an attempt to set monotheism before the world, [80];
tractates appended to, [75].
Lives of Abraham and Joseph, description of, [83].
Lives of Isaac and Jacob, contents of, [83].
Logos, [143] ff.;
its relation to God's Providence, [143];
meaning of, [164], [148];
Aristobulus on, [146];
regarded as the effluence of God, [149];
spoken of as a person, [156];
the soul, an image of, [178];
development of Philo's doctrine of, [192].

Maimonides, object of his Moreh, [91];
principles of, [99], [229];
comparison of Philo with, [229] f.
Mark Antony, Alexander Lysimachus in the confidence of, [46].
Monastic communities, supposed record of Christian, in Philo, [73].
Moses, Philo a follower of, [60], [113] f.;
Philo's ideal type, [79] f.;
Philo, as interpreter of his revelation, [104], [106] f.
See Life of Moses.

National, centre at Jerusalem, Philo on, [20], [41], [86];
life undermined at Rome and Alexandria, [218].