ul, 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, 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.