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._