Chapter LVIII: Section CXV: The Life and Faith of the Jews of the Dispersion. GENERAL

QUESTIONS: 1. Describe the life of the Jews in Antioch and Asia Minor. 2. The privileges granted them by the Syrian king. 3. The number of the Jews in Egypt. 4. The privileges granted them by the Ptolemies. 5. The founding of the Jewish temple at Leontopolis. 6. Its significance. 7. The occasion of the translation of the Hebrew scriptures into Greek. 8. The important apologetic Jewish writings. 9. The theme and date of the Wisdom of Solomon. 10. Its important teachings. 11. Its reflections of Greek and Jewish thought.

SUBJECTS FOR SPECIAL RESEARCH: 1. Characteristics and value of the Greek translation of the Old Testament. Hastings, _D.B._, IV, 864-6; Swete, _Introd. to the Old Testament in Greek_; _En. Bib._, IV, 5016-22. 2. The history and contents of the Wisdom of Solomon. Hastings, _D.B._, IV, 928-31; _En. Bib._, IV, 5336-49; Deane, _The Book of Wisdom_, 1-41; Gregg, _The Wisd. of Sol._