Part 15

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, 202; 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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