“For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon Him for?

“And what nation is there so great that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?” (Deut. iv. 5-7).

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

  The following are the chief works which have been
  consulted and are recommended to the student of Philo: 

  The standard edition of Philo is still that of Thomas
  Mangey, Philonis Judaei opera quae reperiri potuerunt
  omnia. 1742.  Londini.

A far more accurate and critical edition, which is provided with introductory essays and notes upon the sources of Philo, is in course of publication for the Berlin Academy, by Dr. Leopold Cohn and Dr. Paul Wendland.  The first five volumes have already appeared, and the remainder may be expected before long.  The only complete edition which contains the Latin text of the Quaestiones as well as the Greek works is that published by Tauchnitz in eight volumes; but the text is not reliable.

There is an English translation of Philo’s works in the Bohn Library (G.  Bell & Sons) by C.D.  Yonge (4 vols.), but it is neither accurate nor neat.  The same may he said of the German translation of Jost, but an admirable German version edited by Dr. L. Cohn is now appearing, which contains notes of the parallel passages in rabbinic and patristic literature.

  Works bearing on Philo and his period generally: 

  Schuerer, “History of the Jewish People at the Time
  of Jesus Christ” (English translation).

  Siegfried, Philo von Alexandrien als Ausleger der
  heiligen Schrift.

  Zeller, Geschiehte der Philosophie der Griechen,
  vol.  III, sec. 2.

  Drummond, “Philo-Judaeus and the Jewish Alexandrian
  School.” 2 vols. (London.)

  Herriot, Philon le Juif.

  Vacherot, Ecole d’Alexandrie, vol.  I.

  Eusebius, Praeparatio Evangelica, ed.  Gifford.

  Freudenthal, J., Hellenistische Studien.

  Harnack, “History of Dogma,” vol.  I.

  Josephus, “Wars of the Jews”; “Antiquities of the Jews.”

  Mommsen, Th., “The Roman Provinces.”

  Works bearing on the special subjects of the different
  chapters: 

I. THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AT ALEXANDRIA Graetz, “History of the Jews” (Eng. trans.), vol.  II.  Swete, “introduction to the Septuagint.”  Hirsch, S.A., “The Temple of Onias,” in the Jews’ College Jubilee Volume.  Friedlaender, M. (Vienna), Geschichte der juedischen Apologetitc and Religioese Bewegungen der Juden irn Zeitalter von Jesus.