ing them victory over
sensuality, and steadfastness in virtue. He reveals himself to holy
souls by his Spirit, and by his divine light leads those who are too
weak by nature even to understand the external world, beyond the limits
of human nature to that which is divine" ("Jesus of Nazara," pp.
283-287). Such are the most important passages of Keim's _resume_ of
Philo's philosophy, and its resemblance to Christian doctrine is
unmistakeable, and adds one more proof to the fact that Christianity is
Alexandrian rather than Judaean. It will be well to add to this sketch
the passages carefully gathered out of Philo's works by Jacob Bryant,
who endeavoured to prove, from their resemblance to passages in the New
Testament, that Philo was a Christian, forgetting that Philo's works
were mostly written when Jesus was a child and a youth, and that he
never once mentions Jesus or Christianity. It must not be forgotten that
Philo lived in Alexandria, not in Judaea, and that between the
Canaanitish and the Hellenic Jews there existed the most bitter
hostility, so that--even were the story of Jesus true--it could not have
reached Philo before A.D. 40, at which time he was old and gray-headed.
We again quote from Mr. Lake's treatise, who prints the parallel
passages, and we would draw special attention to the similarity of
phraseology as well as of idea:

_Identity of the Christ of the New Testament with the Logos of Philo._

Philo, describing the Logos, The New Testament, speaking
says:-- of Jesus says:--

'The Logos is the Son 'This is the Son of God.'
of God the Father.'--De John i. 34.
Profugis.

'The first begotten of God.' 'And when he again bringeth
--De Somniis. his first-born into the
world.'--Heb. i. 6.

'And the most ancient of 'That he is the first-born
all beings.'--De Conf. Ling. of every creature.'--Col. i. 15.

'The Logos is the image 'Christ, the image of the
and likeness of God.'--De invisible God.'--Col. i. 15.
Monarch. 'The brightness of his
(God's) glory, and the express
image of his person.'--Heb.
i. 3.

'The Logos is superior to 'Being made so much
the angels.'--De Profugis. better that the angels. Let