CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

1.

GENERAL

7

2.

HISTORY OF THE BOOK

8

    (a) The Editio Princeps and after

8

    (b) Earlier history

9

3.

AUTHORITIES FOR THE TEXT

12

    (a) The printed edition

12

    (b) MSS. of the text

13

    (c) Subsidiary authorities

17

    (d) Geographical distribution

18

    (e) Community of origin

19

    (f) Grouping of authorities, illustrated by specimen passages

21

4.

TITLE, AND ATTRIBUTION TO PHILO

26

5.

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE

27

6.

DATE

29

7.

FORM

33

8.

PURPOSE AND TEACHING

33

9.

UNITY. CONTENTS

42

10.

RELATION TO OTHER LITERATURE) ESPECIALLY--

    (a) Enoch

43

    (b) Jubilees

45

    (c) Apocalypse of Baruch

46

    (d) Fourth Book of Esdras

54

    (e) New Testament Writings

59

p. vi

11.

EXTENT OF THE COMPLETE BOOK: THE LOST CONCLUSION DISCUSSED

60

12.

CONCLUSION. CHARACTER OF THE PRESENT EDITION

65

13.

SYNOPSIS OF THE CONTENTS: DIVISION OF THE BOOK

67

Additional Note

73

TEXT AND NOTES

75

APPENDICES--

I. On various readings and corrupt passages

243

II. On the vocabulary, etc., of the Latin version.

269

INDEX

275