Philo-Judæus of Alexandria - Norman Bentwich

Old Testament, Septuagint translation of, [25-30];
Aquila's new Greek version of, [224].
Onias, leader of army of Egyptian monarch, [18];
successor to high priesthood, [18];
builds temple, [18], [19] f.;
temple of, dismantled, [71];
Jewish writers silent about work of, [19].
Oral law, observance of, standardized in the Halakah, [126].
Origen, distinguishes three methods of interpretation, [76];
teacher of Patristic school, [195]; imitates Philo, [186].

Palestine, struggle for, between Ptolemies and Seleucids, [17];
Hellenism of, compared with that of Athens, [24], [25];
rabbis of, [28];
Philo visits, [50];
effect of Hellenic influence in, [54];
New Moon a solemn day in, [121];
aims of Jewish thought in, [140];
doctrine of angels in, .
Palestinian Jews, under same rule as Egyptian Jews, [15];
rabbis, oral tradition, [34];
development of Jewish culture, [42] f., [200];
Midrash, Philo's acquaintance with, [52];
schools, relation existing between Alexandrian and, [199] f., [203] f., [213].
Paul, the most commanding of the apostles, [247];
influence of, compared with that of Jesus, [247];
rejection of the Torah by, [248];
sets up a new faith in Jesus, [251].
Pentateuch, Samaritan doctrines with reference to, [105].
Peshat, as a form of interpretation, [103].
Philo, contemporary with Herod, [45], [50];
family of, [46];
works of [74] ff.;
philosophical training of, [49];
flees from Alexandria, [60];
meeting of Peter and Mark with, [73];
forced into Sanhedrin of Alexandria, [61];
writings of, regarded as testimony to Christianity, [73], [156];
influence of, over Christian religious philosophy, [195], [242] ff.;
relation of, to Greek philosophers, [48], [52];
acquaintance of, with Chaldean and Indian thought, [48];
his interpretation and views of the Bible, [49], [102], [108] ff.;
evidence of his knowledge of Hebrew language, [49];
follows Hebrew tradition, [159], [199] ff.;
compared with Spinoza, [73], [134], [163];
on persecutions of Sejanus and Flaccus, [62], [78];
replies to attacks of stoics, [64], [95];
stoics' view of God compared with that of, [185];
goes to Italy, [66];
refers to Apion, [63], [101];
Josephus' knowledge of the works of, [222];
Christian teachers preserve works of, [156], [247];
relation of, to the Halakah, [202] f.;
comparison of Maimonides with, [229] f.;
doctrine of the Logos (see Logos), [144] ff.;
connection between Saadia and, [226] f.;
the Hellenizer of the Cabbalah, [235];
opposed to missionary attitude of Paul, [249].
Plato, hears Jeremiah, [15];
Philo's style reminiscent of, [48];
conception of the Law in, [131];
Philo's philosophy compared with that of, [170] ff.;
dominant philosophical principle of, [174];
a mystic, [230];
conception of God in, [254].
Ptolemies, the: Ptolemy I, increases number of Jewish inhabitants in Alexandria, [15];
IV, gives Heliopolis to Onias, [16];
admirers of Scriptures, [23].

Questions and Answers to Genesis and Exodus, now incomplete, [75], [81] f.;
a preliminary study to more elaborate works, [81];
Hebraic in form, [82].

Repentance, tractate appended to Life of Moses, [75].
Rome, Alexandria second to, [14];
conversion widespread in (see Egypt), [32];
Agrippa an exile from, [51];
power of Jews at, [62];
Jewish struggle with, [220];
Philo's apocryphal meeting with Peter at, [73];
national life and culture undermined at (see National), [218].

Saadia, founds new school of Jewish philosophy, [225] f.;
connection between Philo and, [226]f.
Samaritan, doctrines with reference to Pentateuch, [106];
Jew, story of, [98].
Sanhedrin, Hillel, president of, [45];
Philo forced into Alexandrian, [61];
duties of members of, [61];
of Alexandrian community, ;
of Jerusalem and capital punishment, [203];
differences between Palestinian Halakah and Alexandrian, [203] f.
Sejanus, Tiberius falls under influence of, [62];
Antonia opponent of, [62];
Philo's book on persecution of, [62], [78];
disgrace and death of, [65].
Septuagint, Hellenistic development marked by, [25];
Philo's version of origin of, [26];
celebrations in honor of, [27];
infusion of Greek philosophic ideas into, [28];
Christianizing influence of, [29];
value of, to the cultured Gentile, [33];
replaced by new Greek version of Old Testament, [224].
Solomon, Wisdom of, written at Alexandria, [31].
Specific Laws, The, description of, [83];
socialism of Bible emphasized in, [86].
Spinoza, his ideal of life, [53];
compared with Philo's, [73], [134], [163], [239];
on Jewish thought, [137];
influenced by Philo, [237] ff.;
approaches Bible from critical standpoint, [239].
Stoics, the chief Anti-Semites, [63];
Philo replies to attacks of, [64], [95];
in conflict with Jews at Alexandria, [94];
beliefs of, [64], [94], [116], [176];
view of God compared with that of Philo, [185].
Synagogues,
at Alexandria, [16], [37].

Tiberius Alexander,
nephew of Philo, [71].
Tradition, Jewish,
at Alexandria, [27];
Philo and Jewish, [199] ff.

Zealots, flight of,
to Alexandria, [71].

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