CHAPTER IV

TRACES OF GREEK INFLUENCE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT AND IN THE APOCRYPHA 68

I. References to the Greeks in the Old Testament 68

II. Traces of Greek Influence in the Old Testament 70

III. Traces of Greek Influence in the Apocrypha 77

Ecclesiasticus 77

Wisdom:

(_a_) The doctrine of the pre-existence of the soul 80

(_b_) The doctrine of immortality 83

(_c_) The doctrine of the badness of the body 84

(_d_) The creation of the world out of formless matter 85

(_e_) Signs of the influence of Stoic philosophy 86

Summary 87