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The work surveys the collection of Jewish and Christian writings known as the Apocrypha, outlining their origins, transmission, and varying canonical status across traditions. It summarizes the contents and structure of individual books and highlights major theological themes, practical teachings, and ethical concerns. Attention is given to historical and literary context, including connections with apocalyptic and pseudepigraphal literature, while textual witnesses and translation history are evaluated. The discussion also considers liturgical and interpretive uses and offers comparative analysis and bibliographical guidance to assist further study.


GENERAL INDEX

(Pages printed in thick type indicate passages in which the subject in question is dealt with in detail.)

  • Aaron, 149, 150
  • Abinu Malkenu, 391
  • Abtinas, house of, 194
  • Abubus, 437
  • Achikar, 195
  • — the Wise, story of, 349 ff.
  • Achior, 373
  • Adam, 523
  • — and Eve, Life of, 218, 223
  • Adaptation of belief, 20
  • Additions to Daniel, 385-397
  • — to Esther, 398-403
  • — —, Authorship of, 403
  • — —, Date of, 403
  • Aesculapius, 396
  • Agrippa II, 521
  • Ahasuerus, 399
  • Akiba, Rabbi, 143, 192, 194
  • Alcimus, 430 f.
  • Alexander Balas, 419, 432
  • — Jannæus, 393
  • — the Great, 12 ff., 16, 17, 30, 33, 52, 69
  • — —, conquests of, 12 f., 29, 424
  • — —, division of his empire, 424
  • — Zabinas, 436
  • Alexandria, 17, 50, 458, 512
  • —, centre of Jewish Dispersion, 17
  • —, the Jews in, 53 f.
  • Allegorical interpretation of Scripture, 57
  • Allegorization of ancient myths, 22
  • Allegorizing of Greek myths, 57
  • Allegory, 230 f.
  • — in Proverbs, 72
  • Almsgiving, 361
  • —, means of atonement, 272 f.
  • Altars to unknown gods, 23
  • Am-haarez, 93
  • Amidah, 500 ff.
  • Amyrtæus, 51
  • Angelology in Apocalyptic Literature, 110
  • —, Jewish, 38, 39
  • — of the Essenes, 43 f.
  • Angels, 102
  • —, doctrine of, in Additions to Daniel, 301 ff.
  • —, —, Ecclesiasticus, 300 ff., 340
  • —, —, 2 (4) Esdras, 303 ff.
  • —, —, Esther, 302
  • —, —, Ep. of Jeremiah, 302
  • —, —, 2 Maccabees, 302 f.
  • —, —, Prayer of Manasses, 302
  • —, —, Tobit, 301
  • —, Sadducæan doctrine of, 147 f.
  • Anima Mundi, 86
  • Antiochus Epiphanes, 34, 35, 77, 134, 156, 423, 427, 481 f., 488, 493
  • — —, death of, 482
  • — —, his attempt to stamp out Judaism, 425 f.
  • — Eupator, 428, 432
  • — Sidetes, 437, 491
  • — the Great, 430
  • — VI, 420
  • — VII, 420
  • Antonines, The, 13
  • Apamæa, 437
  • Apocalypse of Moses, The, 218
  • Apocalyptic Movement, 40, 90-95, 160
  • — —, beginnings of the, 90 ff.
  • — books, authorship of, 199 ff.
  • — —, Hebrew and Aramaic originals lost, 200
  • — Jewish, 90 f.
  • — Literature, 91, 198-223
  • — —, doctrinal teaching of, 101-110
  • Apocalyptic Literature, place claimed for in orthodox Judaism, 530
  • — — rejected by Pharisees, 199
  • — — teaching on Individualism, 102 f.
  • — — — Particularism, 103 f.
  • — — — Universalism, 103 f.
  • — —, Supernatural colouring of, 97 f.
  • Apocalyptists, The, 95-112, 161, 205 f., 530
  • —, —, asceticism of, 101
  • —, —, claims of, 99
  • —, —, concerned with the future, 97
  • —, —, denunciations of, 97
  • —, —, determinism of, 98 f.
  • —, —, effects of teaching, 96 f.
  • —, —, inconsistency of teaching, 95 f.
  • —, —, loyalty to the Law, 99 f.
  • —, —, other-worldliness of, 99
  • —, —, prophets of the people, 96
  • —, —, religious conceptions regarding humanity, 105
  • —, —, their message, 96
  • —, —, universalistic attitude of, 101
  • —, —, upholders of the people’s faith, 97
  • Apocrypha books, dates of, 320
  • Apocrypha, Doctrinal teaching of the, 251-315
  • —, meaning of, 183
  • —, traces of Greek influence in, 77-87
  • Apocryphal and canonical books, 161 ff.
  • —, use of term, 187
  • —, — by Origen, 189
  • —, — Jerome, 191
  • Apokryphos, meaning of, 185 ff.
  • Apollonius, 425, 427, 434
  • Apollophanes, 486
  • Apostolical Constitutions, 407, 410
  • Apsu, 231
  • Arabia, 435
  • Aramaic papyri, 50 ff., 194 f., 349
  • — Targums, 193
  • —, the language of Egyptian Jews, 60
  • Areios, 418
  • Aristeas, letter of, 443
  • Aristotle, 15, 16, 17
  • Armour of God, The, 474 f.
  • Artaxerxes, 51, 400, 441 f., 448
  • Artaxerxes III (Ochus), 50
  • Ascalon, 30
  • Ascension of Isaiah, The, 219-220
  • Asceticism, 344
  • — of the Essenes, 43
  • Asmodæus, 358
  • Assidæans (see Chassidim), 125
  • Assimilation, faculty of, among the Jews, 58
  • Associations, religious, 23
  • Assouan (Syene), 58
  • Assumption of Moses, The, 218
  • Atheism, 73
  • Athens, 14
  • Athenians, 14
  • Atonement, death a means of, 342
  • Attalus II, king of Pergamum, 432
  • Attic Greek, 14
  • — ideals, 14
  • — sea-power, 14
  • Attitude towards religious beliefs, 21
  • Augustus, 53, 520
  • Aurelian, 512
  • Aureolus, 512
  • Authorship, function of, in ancient times, 200
  • Avesta, 133
  • Azariah, Prayer of, 386 ff.
  • —, —, when composed, 388 f.
  • —, —, liturgical character of, 389 f.
  • Azotus, 30
  • Babylonia, 38
  • Babylonian influence, 227, 231 f.
  • Bacchides, 430 f.
  • Badness of the Body, doctrine of, 84 f.
  • — —, Platonic doctrine of, 85
  • Balas, Alexander, 419, 432
  • Baptism of the Essenes, 45
  • Baruch, book of, 495-506
  • —, —, A Sage’s Words of Encouragement in, 303 f.
  • —, —, account of, 495 ff.
  • —, —, Book of Confessions in, 497 ff.
  • —, —, component parts of, 497 ff.
  • —, —, contains liturgical material, 502 f.
  • —, —, contents of, 495 ff.
  • —, Greek Apocalypse of, 223
  • —, Syriac Apocalypse of, 222
  • Bel and the Dragon, 386, 394 ff.
  • Beliefs, intermingling of, 22
  • Ben-Sira, 116, 123, 124, 195
  • —, attitude towards Gentiles, 337 f.
  • —, autobiographical details, 326 f.
  • —, his claim to be an inspired writer, 325 f.
  • —, his house of instruction, 325, 328
  • —, his views on the sacrificial system, 339
  • —, his knowledge of the O.T., 324
  • —, his list of famous men, 165 ff.
  • Benedictions, 502 f.
  • Bĕni Zadok, 134, 154
  • Berakah, 500
  • Berenice, 521
  • Bethsura, 429
  • Bible, Hebrew, contents of, 162 ff.
  • —, the Greek (see Septuagint), 161
  • “Biblical” Greek, 15
  • Biography a science in the Hellenistic period for the first time, 19
  • Blindness, 367
  • Book of Jubilees, The, 216-218
  • — of secret words of Moses, 218
  • Books, ancient Jewish, 194
  • —, heretical, 198
  • —, reading of in ancient times, 195
  • —, the seventy, 529
  • —, the twenty-four, 529
  • Brotherhood of man, 18
  • Burial of the dead, 358
  • Cæsarea, 30
  • Calendar, Jewish, Pharisaic and Sadducæan attitude towards, 150 ff.
  • Caligula, 460, 464, 520
  • Cambyses, 448
  • Canon, Hebrew, 162 ff.
  • —, Hebrew, formation of, 169-174
  • —, idea of a, 161-169
  • —, final fixing of, 173, 174-176
  • —, meaning of the word, 162
  • — of Old Testament, origin of, 160 ff.
  • —, unknown to Ben-Sira, 167
  • —, — Ben-Sira’s grandson, 168 f.
  • Canonical and apocryphal books, 161 ff.
  • Canonicity, Josephus’ theory of, 171 f.
  • —, Rabbinical theory of, 172
  • Cardinal virtues, the four, 87, 458
  • Cendebæus, 437
  • Chæreas, 486
  • Chæronea, battle of, 14
  • Chakamim, 115, 116, 127, 233
  • Chanukkah, 428
  • Chassid, 42
  • Chassidim, 92, 93, 125 f., 203, 205, 257, 365, 427
  • —, creators of apocalyptic literature, 93
  • —, the spiritual ancestors of Pharisees and Apocalyptists, 93 ff.
  • Chijja, Rabbi, 194
  • Chislev, 490
  • Chlamys, 33
  • Chokmah, 233
  • Civitis, 521
  • Claudius, 520
  • Cleopatra, 434
  • Cœle-Syria, 29
  • Colonies, Greek-speaking, 15
  • Common meal of the Essenes, 45
  • Confession of sins, 500
  • Connection between gānaz and apokryphos, 188 f.
  • Cosmology, Babylonian, 231
  • Cosmopolitanism, 18
  • Crete, 434
  • Critical faculty of the Greeks, 20
  • Crocodile’s liver, 367
  • Cup of inspiration, The, 529
  • Cynic philosophers, 18
  • Cyrus, 440
  • Daniel, 302
  • —, Additions to, 385-397
  • Darius, 12, 51, 441
  • — II, 51
  • Darius’ bodyguard, story of the three young men of, 451 ff.
  • Dead, prayers for the, 489 f.
  • Death, means of atonement, 272, 342
  • Dedication, feast of, 428
  • —, 487, 490, 491 f.
  • Defile the hands, meaning of, 175 f., 177 ff.
  • Deified princes, 462 f.
  • Deities, national, 22
  • Demetrius I, 419, 429 f.
  • — II, 419, 433 ff.
  • — Nicator, 434
  • Demonology in Apocalyptic Literature, 110
  • — in Ecclesiasticus, 304
  • — in Tobit, 304 f.
  • —, Jewish, 38
  • Didascalia, 407, 410
  • Dispersion, The, 17, 49-54
  • —, Eastern, 50
  • Divine Immanence, doctrine of, 57
  • — revelation accorded to Ezra, 530
  • Doctrine of God in Baruch, 258
  • — — 2 (4) Esdras, 258
  • — — 1 Maccabees, 257 f.
  • — — Wisdom, 259 f.
  • Doctrines, inter-relation of, 39
  • Dôk, 438
  • Domitian, 520
  • Dor, 437
  • Dositheus, 486
  • Dualism of the Essenes, 43
  • Ea, 231
  • Eagle Vision, The, 513 f., 517 ff.
  • Eastern Dispersion, 50
  • Ecclesiastes, 456 f.
  • —, canonicity disputed, 170
  • —, traces of Greek philosophy in, 74 ff.
  • Ecclesiasticus, an apologetic book, 327
  • — and the Ep. of St. James, 347 f.
  • —, author of, 322
  • —, A.V. and R.V. of, 331 ff.
  • —, compared with Tobit, 364 f.
  • —, date of, 327 f.
  • —, Hebrew manuscripts of, 329 f.
  • —, original language of, 329 f.
  • —, Pharisaic recension of, 333, 340 ff.
  • —, placed on “Index Expurgatorius,” 340
  • —, present form not intended to be final, 322 f.
  • —, Prologue to, 168 f., 459
  • —, Sadducæan standpoint in, 333 ff.
  • —, title of, 321 f.
  • —, traces of Greek influence in, 77 ff.
  • —, unity of authorship, 322
  • —, universalism in, 338
  • —, value of, for N.T. study, 345 ff.
  • Egypt, 12, 28
  • —, Jewish settlements in, 51
  • Ekron, 434
  • El, 394
  • Eleazar, 59
  • Election, 531
  • Elect One, The, 246
  • Elephantiné, 349, 353
  • Elephantiné papyri, 50 ff., 194 f.
  • Elijah, 289 f.
  • End, signs of the, 524
  • Enoch, the book of, 201-208
  • —, —, authorship, 203 f.
  • —, —, component parts of, 202
  • —, —, dates of component parts, 202 f.
  • —, —, original language of, 207
  • —, —, teaching, 207 f.
  • —, Book of the Secrets of, 220-222
  • Epheboi, 33
  • Ephraim, 435
  • Epicuræanism, 79, 135, 456, 460
  • Epicuræan teaching, 21 f.
  • — — on immortality, 75
  • — — in Ecclesiastes, 74 f.
  • Epicuræans not irreligious, 21
  • Epicuros, 21, 75
  • Epidaurus, 396
  • Epilepsy, 367
  • Epistle of Jeremiah, 506-508
  • Eschatological signs, 524
  • Eschatology, Jewish, 38
  • Esdras, 1 (3), see Greek Ezra
  • Essene baptism, 45
  • — communities, 45
  • —, meaning of, 42
  • — monotheism, 45
  • — teaching on the Resurrection, 44
  • Essenes, The, 41-46
  • — and the Law of Moses, 45
  • —, asceticism of, 43
  • —, dualism of, 43
  • —, their angelology, 43 f.
  • —, their purifications, 45
  • —, their Sabbath observance, 45
  • Essenism a blending of the Mosaic and Hellenic spirit, 45
  • — a mystery-religion, 45
  • —, influence of Hellenism on, 42
  • —, un-Jewish in many respects, 42 ff.
  • Esther, 399
  • —, canonicity disputed, 170
  • Eternal seed-plant, The, 102
  • Ethical teaching of the Hellenistical period, 18 f.
  • Euergetes I, 328
  • — II, Physcon, 328, 422
  • Euhemerism, 458
  • Ezekiel, 31
  • Ezra, 28, 71, 92, 116, 118, 442, 450, 453, 529
  • —, divine revelation accorded to, 530
  • —, not mentioned in Ecclesiasticus, 340
  • —, opposition to, 121 f.
  • Ezra Apocalypse, The, 509-531
  • — —, an Ezra Legend in, 513 f., 528 ff.
  • — —, contains reminiscences of Pauline thought, 530
  • — —, chaps. i. ii., 510 f.
  • — —, chaps. xv. xvi., 511 f.
  • — —, chaps. iii.-xiv., 512 ff.
  • — —, recognized by Church Fathers, 530
  • — —, Vision, first, 522 ff.
  • — —, — second, 524
  • — —, — third, 524 ff.
  • — —, — fourth, 526 f.
  • — —, title, 509 f.
  • Fables in ancient Jewish Literature, 230
  • Faith, traditional form of, 20
  • Fall, The, 474, 531
  • Fasting, 272, 361
  • Fatalism, 79
  • Fatalistic theory of the Stoics, 21
  • First Cause, Platonic teaching on, 458
  • Formless matter, creation of the world out of, 85
  • — —, Platonic and Stoic teaching concerning, 85 f.
  • Free-will, 336, 342, 412
  • Future life, 342, 362
  • — —, conception of, 499
  • — —, developed belief in, 24
  • — —, doctrine of, in Apocalyptic Literature, 107 ff.
  • — —, — in Baruch, 293
  • — —, — in Ecclesiasticus, 288 ff., 291 ff.
  • — —, — in 2 (4) Esdras, 293 ff.
  • — —, — in Judith, 290 f.
  • — —, — in 2 Maccabees, 292
  • — —, — Pharisaic and Sadducæan doctrine of, 146 f.
  • — —, — in Tobit, 290
  • — —, — in Wisdom, 298 ff.
  • Galba, 520
  • Gallienus, 512
  • Gamaliel I, 145
  • — II, 173
  • Gānaz, meaning of, 183 ff.
  • Gaza, 30
  • Gazara, 438, 482
  • Gehenna, 289
  • Genealogies, The roll of, 194
  • Genizah, 188 f.
  • God, conception of, by the Jews of the Dispersion, 57
  • —, —, in Wisdom, 465 f.
  • —, doctrine of, 39, 412
  • —, —, in Apocrypha, 254-260
  • —, Pharisaic and Sadducæan doctrine of, 144 ff.
  • —, Philo’s doctrine of, 63
  • Gorgias, 428, 486
  • Goths, 512
  • Governance of the world, divine, 341
  • Grace and Free-will, doctrine of, in Ecclesiasticus, 278
  • — —, 2 (4) Esdras, 280 f.
  • — —, 1 Maccabees, 279
  • — —, 2 Maccabees, 280
  • — —, Tobit, 278 f.
  • —, divine, 336
  • Græco-Macedonian empire referred to in Daniel, 69
  • Grammateia, 40
  • Granicus, 12
  • Grateful dead man, story of the, 356 f.
  • Greek cities, 15
  • — culture, superiority of, 35
  • — fashions, 34
  • — festivals, fascination of, 32
  • — forms of thought, 15
  • — ideals, 15
  • — influence in Apocrypha, traces of, 77 ff.
  • — — in O.T., traces of, 68 ff.
  • — — on Jewish eschatology, 38
  • — — on Judaism, 252 f.
  • — —, signs of, in O.T. and Apocrypha, 40
  • — language, 14
  • — mind, tendencies of, 33
  • — model of local government, 30, 31
  • — philosophy, influence of, 28
  • — settlements in Palestine, 30
  • — words in Daniel, 70
  • — words hebraized, 35 f.
  • Greek Ezra, The, 439-454
  • — —, and 2 Esdras 444 ff.
  • — —, chronological table of event in, 446 ff.
  • — —, The, contents, 440 ff.
  • — —, date of, 454
  • — —, historicity of, 446 ff.
  • — —, its relationship to the Hebrew Ezra, 442 ff.
  • — —, Massoretic text of, 449 f.
  • — —, purpose of, 450 f.
  • — —, title of, 439 f.
  • Greeks and “barbarians,” 17 f.
  • —, references to, in O.T., 68-70
  • —, critical faculty of, 20
  • —, their ideal of wisdom, 19
  • —, their realism, 19
  • —, their sense of proportion, 18, 20
  • Guilds, religious, 23
  • Gymnasium, 32 f., 40
  • Habakkuk, 395
  • Hades, 289, 292, 523
  • Hadrian, 13, 521
  • Haggadic homiletics, 201
  • — literature, 380
  • Halakah, 201
  • Haman, 399
  • Ha-Gilyônim, 198
  • Hasmonæan high-priesthood, 423 f., 433
  • Hasmonæans, The, 411
  • Hebrew Bible, contents of, 162 ff.
  • — Canon, The, 162 ff.
  • — —, formation of, 169-174
  • Hecatæus of Abdera, 41
  • Heliodorus, 302, 481 f., 489
  • Hellas, 14
  • Hellenic and Hellenistic, difference between, 12
  • — spirit, 13
  • — thought in book of Wisdom, 458
  • Hellenism, debased type in Syria, 40
  • —, good and bad effects of, 41
  • —, reaction against, 41
  • — in its religious aspect, 20-24
  • —, result of spread of, 28
  • — in its secular aspect, 12-20
  • Hellenistic Greek, 14 f.
  • Hellenistic influence, direct and indirect, 37 f.
  • — — on Palestinian Jews, 36
  • — — on religion, 54 ff.
  • — — reflected in Job, 73 f.
  • — — — Proverbs, 71 ff.
  • — — — the Psalms, 71
  • — — upon the Jews of the Dispersion, 49-67
  • — — upon the Jews of Palestine, 27-48
  • — Movement, The, 11-26, 160 f.
  • — —, effect of, 24
  • — — a period of dissolution, 16
  • — party, 426
  • — period not one of irreligion, 21
  • — philosophy, development of into theology, 21
  • — Movement, roots of, 13
  • — spirit, 92 ff.
  • Hellenization of cities, 18
  • Hellenized cities, 22
  • Heraclides, 430
  • Heraclitus, 86
  • Hermes, 34
  • High-priestly party, 33 f.
  • Hillel, 132
  • —, school of, 170
  • Holofernes, 373, 375 f.
  • Hypostatization of Wisdom, 73, 226
  • Hyrcanus, John, 153, 422, 438
  • Hyrcania, transportation of Jews to, 50
  • Idolatry, 469, 472 f.
  • —, polemic against, 507
  • Idol-worship, 458, 507
  • Illumination, Feast of, 492
  • Illyrians, 14
  • Immanence, divine, doctrine of, 57
  • Immortality, 337
  • —, doctrine of in Wisdom, 83 ff.
  • —, Plato’s doctrine of, 84
  • — of the spirit, 107
  • — — soul, 39
  • Individual piety, 23
  • Individualism, 18, 31 f.
  • — in Proverbs, 71 f.
  • Individualistic tendency in Job, 73
  • Inspiration, the cup of, 529
  • Intermediate beings between God and man, 235 f.
  • — state, 110, 295, 300
  • Inter-relation of doctrines, 39
  • Ionians, 68
  • Ipsus, battle of, its indirect importance for the Jews, 29
  • Isaiah, book of, 105
  • Islam, 37
  • Issus, battle of, 12
  • Jabneh, Council of, 173 f.
  • Jamnia (Jabneh), 434
  • Jason, 34 f.
  • — the Cyrenian, 479, 484, 488
  • — —, his history, 480
  • Javan, 68, 69
  • Jedoniah, Jewish governor in Syene, 51
  • Jehoahaz, 51
  • Jeremiah, 51, 303
  • —, Epistle of, 506-508
  • Jerome, 75
  • Jerusalem, 529
  • —, earthly and heavenly, 526 f.
  • Jewish alliance with Rome, 420 f.
  • — angelology, 38, 39
  • — Apocalyptic, 90
  • — books, ancient, 194
  • — Church, The, 105
  • — demonology, 38
  • — eschatology, 38
  • — Liturgy, 390, 391, 500, 502
  • — mercenaries, 51
  • — propaganda, 396 f.
  • Jews in Syene, 51 ff.
  • — of the Dispersion, their religious outlook, 55 f.
  • Job, individualistic tendency in, 73
  • —, book of, 73, 459
  • Jobel, 216
  • Jochanan ben Zakkai, 173
  • Jochanan, the son of Kareah, 51
  • John Hyrcanus, 414, 438
  • Jonah, book of, 105, 123
  • Jonathan, 416, 418
  • —, leadership of, 431
  • Jose, Rabbi, 170
  • Josephus on the Essenes, 42, 43, 44, 45
  • — — Jews of Alexandria, 54
  • — — Pharisees and Sadducees, 135 ff.
  • Josiah, 440
  • Jubilees, book of, 151
  • Judaism, 55
  • — affected by extraneous influences, 252
  • — as a religion affected by Hellenism, 36 f.
  • — of Alexandria, 477
  • —, orthodox, 487
  • —, traditional, in the Dispersion, 55
  • Judas the Maccabee, 411
  • — —, leadership of, 427 ff.
  • Judgement, The, 38, 295 ff., 525
  • —, day of, 103
  • Judith, author of, 378 f.
  • —, book of, 372-384
  • —, contents of, 372 f.
  • —, character of, 372 f.
  • —, Hebrew form of, 380
  • —, in how far historical, 377 f.
  • —, story, variety of form, 379 f.
  • Julian, 13
  • Julius Cæsar, 520
  • Justice, reform in administration of, 393 f.
  • Justification, 531
  • Kabbalah, 163
  • Khons, tractate of, 357, 367
  • Knowledge, increase of, 16
  • —, departments of, 16
  • Koheleth (see Ecclesiastes)
  • Ladder of Tyre, 435
  • Landmarks, Jewish historical, 366
  • Lasthenes, 419
  • Law, The, 165, 450, 503, 504, 525
  • — identified with Wisdom, 241, 244
  • —, Jews the people of the, 28
  • — of Moses venerated by the Essenes, 45
  • —, the oral, 338 f.
  • —, Pharisaic and Sadducæan doctrine of, 139 ff., 152 f.
  • —, Pharisaic teaching on in Ecclesiasticus, 343 f.
  • —, Rabbinical teaching on, the, 262, 265
  • —, doctrine of, in Baruch, 264 f.
  • —, doctrine of, in Ecclesiasticus, 260 ff.
  • —, —, 1 (3) Esdras, 264
  • —, —, 2 (4) Esdras, 265 f.
  • —, —, Judith, 263 f.
  • —, —, 2 Maccabees, 264
  • —, —, Tobit, 262 f.
  • —, —, Wisdom, 266 f.
  • Legalistic Movement, The, 160
  • Letter of Aristeas, 59
  • — of Purim, 403
  • Leucoma, 367
  • Levitical Impurity, 175, 177-182
  • Lights, Feast of, 492
  • Little Genesis, 216
  • Liturgy, Jewish, 390, 391, 500, 502
  • Local government of Jewish cities, 31
  • Logos, 464
  • —, Philonian, 63 f., 464
  • Lucius, 422
  • — Calpurnius Piso, 423
  • — Quietus, 522
  • — Valerius, 422
  • Lydda, 435
  • Lysias, 428 f., 482
  • Maccabæan feasts, the two, 488
  • — revolt, 35
  • — rising, 76
  • — struggle, the, 161, 403, 482
  • — —, causes of, 424 f.
  • — —, history of, 423 ff.
  • Maccabees, first book of, 411-438
  • —, —, authorship, 411 ff.
  • —, —, date, 413 f.
  • —, —, historicity, 415
  • —, —, literary character, 414 f.
  • —, —, original language, 414 f.
  • —, —, sources, 415 ff.
  • —, —, title, 411 ff.
  • —, second book of, 479-494
  • —, —, date, 493
  • —, —, compared with 1 Maccabees, 482 ff.
  • —, —, contents of, 481 ff.
  • —, —, historical value of, 485 ff.
  • —, —, influence of on N.T. writers, 493 f.
  • —, —, integrity of, 490 ff.
  • —, —, origin of, 479 ff.
  • —, —, original language, 493
  • —, —, purpose of, 487 ff.
  • Macedonian empire, 14
  • Mæonius, 512
  • Makrīzī, 133
  • Man rising from the Sea, Vision of, 513 f., 515 ff.
  • Manasses, Prayer of, 404-410
  • Manes, 133
  • Marisa, 486
  • Marriage avoided by the Essenes, 43
  • Martyrdom of Isaiah, The, 219
  • Māshāl, 227 f.
  • Masūdi, 133
  • Materialism, 469, 471 f.
  • Mattathias, his zeal for the Law, 426
  • —, leadership of, 424 ff.
  • Matter, Platonic idea of, 85
  • Mediterranean, 28
  • Megiddo, battle of, 440
  • Megillath Semanim, 194
  • Megillath Sethārim, 194
  • Megillath Taanith, 194, 380
  • Megillôth, 163 f.
  • Memphis, 51
  • Memra, 237
  • Merits of the fathers, 273 f.
  • — — —, doctrine of, 499
  • Merodach, 396
  • Messiah, 298, 516
  • Messiah, doctrine of, in Apocalyptic Literature, 105 ff.
  • —, —, Baruch, 283
  • —, —, Ecclesiasticus, 281 f.
  • —, —, 2 (4) Esdras, 283 ff.
  • —, —, 1 Maccabees, 282 f.
  • —, —, 2 Maccabees, 283
  • —, —, Tobit, 282
  • —, —, Wisdom, 285 ff.
  • —, Pharisaic and Sadducæan doctrine of, 148 ff.
  • —, pre-existence of, 106
  • Messianic Age, 298
  • — expectations, 226
  • — future, 38
  • — Kingdom, teaching of, in Apocalyptic Literature, 109
  • — Woes, 297
  • Metabolism of the elements, 86 f.
  • Michael, 39
  • Michmash, 431
  • Middle Ages, 17
  • Migdol, 51
  • Millennium, 221
  • Minim, 192 f.
  • Mishna, 35
  • Missionary propaganda among the Jews of the Dispersion, 56 f.
  • Mixed marriages among Israelites, 120
  • Modin, 413
  • Monotheism, 23
  • — of the Essenes, 45
  • Mordecai, 398 ff.
  • Moses, Apocalypse of, 222-223
  • —, the second = Ezra, 530
  • Mucianus, 520
  • Mystery-religion, Essenism a, 45
  • Myths allegorized, 22
  • National deities, 22
  • Nebuchadnezzar, 50
  • Nehemiah, 92, 450
  • Neo-Pythagoreans, 42
  • Neo-Pythagorean philosophy, 13
  • Nĕphĕsh, 81, 83
  • Nero, 520
  • Nĕshāmāh, 82, 83
  • New Age, The, 524
  • Nicanor, 428, 430 f., 482
  • —, celebration of death of, feast, 487
  • Noph, 51
  • Numenius, 421 f.
  • Nymphidius, 520
  • Odenathus, 512
  • Olam ha-bâ, 97
  • Olam ha-zeh, 97
  • Onias, 303, 418
  • — III, 34
  • Oral Law, The, 338 f.
  • — tradition, 93, 530
  • Oriental influence on Judaism, 38
  • — elements absorbed by Hellenism, 40
  • — influences on the Jews, 41
  • Orphic Pythagoræan asceticism, 42
  • Ostraka, 15
  • Otho, 520
  • “Outside” books, 198
  • Ozias, 374 f.
  • Paganism renovated, 13
  • Palæstra, 34
  • Palestine, Eastern, 30
  • —, political life of, 31
  • Palmyra, 512
  • Papyri, 15, 50 ff., 194 f., 349
  • Paradise, 523
  • Parseeism, 38
  • Parthians, 436
  • Particularism, 103 f., 122, 160
  • Pathros, 51
  • Paul, St., influenced by Wisdom, 474 ff.
  • Pentateuch, translation of, into Greek, 59
  • Pentecost, Feast of, 487
  • People of the land, The, 206
  • Perdiccas, 424
  • Persecution, 469, 473 f.
  • Persian influence on Essene belief, 44
  • — — on Judaism, 252 f.
  • — kings, list of, 446
  • Personal religion, 256
  • — responsibility, sense of, 32
  • Personalities of striking character during the Hellenistic period, 19
  • Personification of Wisdom, 235
  • Pessimism in 2 (4) Esdras, 525 f.
  • Petasus, 34
  • Pharisaic recension of Ecclesiasticus, 256 f.
  • — and Sadducæan parties, 91 ff.
  • Pharisaism, 456
  • Pharisee, meaning of term, 130 ff.
  • Pharisees, 130-159, 203 f., 393, 412, 453 f.
  • — reject Apocalyptic Literature, 199
  • — and the Canon, 174 f.
  • — different from Scribes, 127
  • —, party of religious progress, 154
  • — and Sadducees, doctrines of, 139 ff.
  • —, sources of information concerning, 135 ff.
  • Pharaoh Necho, II, 51
  • Pharos, island of, 59
  • Plato, 17, 73, 458
  • Platonic philosophy, 13
  • Philip, the friend of Antiochus Epiphanes, 429
  • Philip of Macedon, 14
  • Philo, 61-65, 458, 463 f., 493
  • —, his account of the Essenes, 42
  • —, his doctrines due to Greek influence, 65
  • —, his doctrine of God, 63
  • — —, the Logos, 63 f.
  • — —, Sin, 64 f.
  • — on the Jews of Alexandria, 54
  • —, philosophy of, 63 ff.
  • Philometor, 328
  • Philosophical teaching of the Hellenistic period, 18
  • Philosophy, 16
  • Piety of individuals, 23
  • Pious ones, 93, 257
  • — — in the Psalms, 71-74
  • Piso, 520
  • Politics, 23
  • Polybius on the Hellenes, 20
  • — and the importance of the individual, 19
  • Pompey, 413
  • Posidonius, 41
  • Praise, 500
  • Prayer, 361
  • — of Manasses, 404-410
  • — —, date of, 409 f.
  • — —, origin of, 405 ff.
  • — —, original language of, 410
  • — —, writer of, 410
  • Prayers for the dead, 489
  • Pre-existence of the soul, Platonic doctrine of, 82
  • — —, doctrine of, in Wisdom, 80 ff.
  • Pre-existing matter, doctrine of, 458
  • Prologue to Ecclesiasticus, 124 f., 459
  • Proverbs, allegory in, 72
  • —, individualism in, 71 f.
  • —, marks of Hellenistic influence in, 71 ff.
  • —, universalism in, 72
  • Proverbs in ancient Jewish Literature, 228 f.
  • Providence, doctrine of, 458
  • Psalms of Greek and Maccabæan eras, 70 f.
  • —, Greek influence in some, 70, 71
  • — of Solomon, 214-216, 505 f.
  • Psametik I, 51
  • Pseudepigrapha, The, 189, 191, 200-223
  • Psychē, 81
  • Ptolemaic armies, Jewish soldiers in, 29
  • Ptolemais, 30, 432, 434
  • Ptolemy, house of, 28 f.
  • Ptolemy I, 462
  • Ptolemy II, (Philadelphus), 59
  • Ptolemy VI, (Philometor), 59, 434
  • Ptolemy, Antiochus Epiphanes’ general, 428
  • Pur, 400
  • Purifications of the Essenes, 45
  • Purim, Feast of, 487
  • Pythagoræans, 135
  • Rabbinical literature, 39
  • — sources on Pharisees and Sadducees, 137 ff.
  • Races, intermingling of, 22
  • Ram’s horn, 216
  • Ramathaim, 435
  • Raphael, 301, 359, 360, 363
  • Raphia, 30
  • Realism of the Greeks, 19
  • Reform in administration of justice, 393 f.
  • Relationship between God and men, 341 f.
  • Religious associations, 23
  • — liberty secured by the Maccabees, 431
  • — syncretism, 22 f.
  • — —, results of, 23
  • Renaissance, 17
  • Repentance, 342 f., 476
  • Resurrection, 292, 296, 298, 300, 337
  • —, advanced teaching on, in 2 Maccabees, 489 f.
  • — of the body, 39, 107
  • —, doctrine of, 39 f.
  • —, Essene teaching on, 44
  • — of the soul, 38
  • — of the spirit, 110
  • Retribution, doctrine of, in Apocalyptic Literature, 108
  • Rome, embassy to, 416
  • Roman alliance with the Jews, 420 f.
  • — empire, 13
  • Ruach, 82
  • Sabbath, 412, 487
  • — observance of the Essenes, 45
  • Sacrificial system, 226, 339
  • — —, importance of, minimized, 58
  • Sadducæan and Pharisaic parties, 91 ff.
  • — literary activity, 156 ff.
  • Sadducæanism, 456, 500, 501 f.
  • Sadducee, meaning of term, 132 ff.
  • Sadducees, 130-159, 203 f., 334, 393, 412, 453 f.
  • — and politics, 153 f.
  • —, friends of Hellenistic culture, 154
  • — and Pharisees, doctrines of, 139 ff.
  • —, sources of information concerning, 135 ff.
  • Samaria, 49, 50
  • —, Macedonian settlers in, 30
  • Samaritans, The, 120, 441
  • Sanhedrin, 145
  • Salathiel Apocalypse, The, 513 f.
  • Sapor I, 512
  • Sargon, 49
  • —, inscription of, 50
  • Sassanidæ, 512
  • Scepticism, 20, 469 f.
  • Sciences, differentiation of, 17
  • Scribe in Ecclesiasticus, 123 f.
  • Scribe, the ideal in Ecclesiasticus, 324
  • Scribes, The, 113-119, 161
  • — as lawyers, 126 f.
  • — different from Pharisees, 127
  • — in existence before the Exile, 114 f.
  • —, O.T. data concerning, 113 ff.
  • — and Scripture, 126
  • —, two types of, 115, 116, 124
  • Scythians, 512
  • Secrets of Enoch, Book of the, 220-222
  • Seleucid era, 491
  • Seleucidæ, 153
  • Seleucus, 34
  • —, his treatment of the Jews, 29
  • Seleucus IV (Philopator), 430
  • Selichah, 500
  • Semi-divine beings, 39
  • Sense of proportion a Hellenic trait, 18, 20
  • Separateness, 131
  • Sepharim hachizônim, 192, 198
  • Septuagint, The, 11, 15, 58-61
  • —, far-reaching influence of the, 61
  • Seven heavens, doctrine of, 221 f.
  • Seventh heaven, 83
  • Shammai, school of, 170
  • Shema, 503
  • Shemoneh Esreh, 391
  • Sheol, 40, 290 ff.
  • Sheol-conception, 109
  • Sibylline Oracles, The, 208-210
  • Sifre hamînîm, 192
  • Simeon, the high-priest, 328
  • —, Rabbi, 170
  • Simon ben Shetach, 393
  • — the son Onias, 167
  • — the Maccabee, 413, 414, 418, 421
  • —, leadership of, 436 ff.
  • —, murder of, 438
  • Sin, 523, 531
  • —, atonement for, 271 f.
  • —, doctrine of, in Baruch, 274
  • —, —, Ecclesiasticus, 267 ff.
  • —, —, 1 (3) Esdras, 274
  • —, —, 2 (4) Esdras, 274 ff.
  • —, —, 2 Maccabees, 274
  • —, —, Prayer of Azariah, 273
  • —, —, Prayer of Manasses, 273 f.
  • —, —, Tobit, 273
  • —, —, Wisdom, 276 f.
  • —, Philo’s doctrine of, 64 f.
  • Sisinnes, 441
  • Sôfēr, 113, 114
  • Soferim, 340
  • Solomon, 227, 456
  • —, Psalms of, 505 f.
  • Sōma, 81
  • Song of Songs, canonicity disputed, 170
  • Song of the Three Children, 386, 390 ff.
  • Sophia, 226
  • Sophists, 13
  • Spartans, 416 ff.
  • Spiritual body, 107
  • State processions, 33
  • Stoic enumeration of the human senses, 79
  • — philosophers, 18
  • — philosophy in Wisdom, 86 f.
  • Stoics, 19, 21, 135, 458
  • —, fatalistic philosophy of, 79
  • —, teaching of in Ecclesiastes, 74
  • Strabo on the Jews, 53
  • Superhuman beings, 39
  • Susanna, Story of, 386, 391 ff.
  • Syene, Jewish military colony in, 51
  • Syncretism, 22 f., 37, 38
  • — and the Jews of the Dispersion, 57
  • Syria, 12
  • Syrian slaves, 69
  • — throne, claimants to, 431 f.
  • Tabernacles, Feast of, 487, 491
  • Taboo, 178 ff.
  • Tahpanes, 51
  • Targums, 193
  • Tarphon, Rabbi, 192
  • Tehom Rabbah, 232
  • Teman, 497
  • Temple, The, 487
  • — Liturgy, 503
  • — not entered by the Essenes, 44
  • —, offerings sent to, by the Essenes, 44
  • —, profanation of, 482
  • Tendencies in pre-Maccabæan era, 91 f.
  • Testament of Moses, 218
  • Testament of the XII Patriarchs, The, 210-214
  • Tenak, 162
  • Thebes, 14
  • Theodosius, 13
  • Thracians, 14
  • Tiamat, 396
  • Tiberius, 520
  • —, edict of, regarding the Jews, 53 f.
  • —, Alexander, 520
  • Timotheus, 486
  • Tishri, 491
  • Titles of books, false, the reason, 200 f.
  • Titus, 520
  • Tobit, book of, 349-371
  • —, compared with Ecclesiasticus, 364 f.
  • —, contents of, 357 ff.
  • —, doctrinal development in, 363 ff.
  • —, date of the book of, 365 f.
  • —, for whom written, 366
  • —, integrity of, 366
  • —, original language of, 367 f.
  • —, place of origin of, 366
  • —, relationship to story of Achikar the Wise, 353 ff.
  • —, religious standpoint of the writer of, 360 ff.
  • —, value of for N.T. study, 368 ff.
  • Tolerance, 22
  • Torah identified with Wisdom, 78 f.
  • Trajan, 522
  • Transcendence, divine, 39
  • Truth, 452
  • Tryphon, 435 f.
  • Tubieni Jews, 486
  • Tyche, 23
  • Tyre, Ladder of, 435
  • Uncanonical books, 183-223
  • — —, reading of, 192 ff.
  • Universalism, 122, 161
  • — in Ecclesiasticus, 338
  • — in Proverbs, 72
  • — in Tobit, 362
  • Unknown gods, 23
  • Uriel, 523
  • Vespasian, 520
  • Vindex, 520
  • Vision of the Man rising from the Sea, 513 f., 515 ff.
  • — of Isaiah, The, 219
  • Visions in 2 (4) Esdras, their teaching, 527 f.
  • — —, eschatological teaching in, 528
  • Visitation of the sick, 347
  • Vitellius, 520
  • Widdui, 500
  • Wisdom, 72, 496 f., 504
  • — abiding among men, 242 f., 246
  • — in the book of Job, 238
  • — in the book of Proverbs, 236
  • — and the Creation, 237 f.
  • —, conception of in Job, 74
  • —, divine origin of, 243
  • — of Ea, 231
  • — in Ecclesiastes, 238 ff.
  • — in Ecclesiasticus, 240 ff.
  • — existent before the Creation, 241, 244
  • —, fountain of, 496
  • —, Hebrew conception of, 226 ff.
  • —, hypostatization of, 226
  • —, —, in Proverbs, 73
  • —, ideal of, among Greeks, 19
  • — identified with the Holy Spirit, 244
  • — — Law, 241, 244
  • — — Torah, 78 f.
  • — — the Word, 244
  • — as intermediary, 259
  • — of Israel, superiority of, 338
  • —, Jewish conception of, 233 ff.
  • —, Jewish superior to Greek, 243
  • — Literature, The, 224-250
  • —, nature of, 245
  • —, personification of, 235, 242, 246
  • —, takes the place of angels in book of Wisdom, 304
  • —, teaching on, in Apocalyptic books, 245 ff.
  • Wisdom, authorship of, 455 ff.
  • —, —, composite, 464 ff.
  • —, book of, 455-478
  • —, —, date, 459 ff.
  • —, —, Greek philosophy in, 458
  • —, —, influence of, on St. Paul, 474 ff.
  • —, —, personality of author, 457 f.
  • —, —, purposes of, 469 ff.
  • —, —, title, 455 f.
  • —, —, traces of Greek influence in, 80 ff.
  • —, —, written in opposition,
  • —, —, to Ecclesiastes, 456 f.
  • Word, The, 237
  • Worm, 289
  • Xenophon, 14
  • Xerxes, 51
  • Yeshibah, 195
  • Yetzer, 336
  • Yetzer-ha-ra’, 275, 276
  • Zabinas, Alexander, 436
  • Zaddūkim, 132 f., 204
  • Zadok, 134, 135, 148, 149, 150, 340
  • —, the son of Ahitub, 113
  • —, sons of, 33
  • Zadokite Fragments, The, 135, 140, 145, 147, 149, 151, 152
  • Zealotism, 218
  • Zend, 133
  • Zeno, 19, 21
  • Zenobia, 512
  • Zerubbabel, 120, 441, 452 f.
  • Zindīk, 133
  • Zoroaster, 186
  • Zoroastrianism, 133, 252