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and too weak to stand against the fine reasoning of Plato
and Aristotle. At the same time the solid activities of the
Jews and their profound devotion to their religion often
aroused against themselves the jealousy and hatred of the
Greeks. Already, under Alexander the Great, an Egyptian
priest, Manetho, had written libels or calumnies against
Judaism. Under Tiberius, too, the great orator Apion
had resuscitated and envenomed the insults of Manetho.
So that this literature poisoned the people who, later on,
cruelly persecuted the believers in the One true God.
The new method was accordingly found and adopted.
It was an allegorical interpretation of every law, precept,
narration and even the names of great personages were con-
sidered to conceal in them a secret idea which it attempted
and Aristotle. At the same time the solid activities of the
Jews and their profound devotion to their religion often
aroused against themselves the jealousy and hatred of the
Greeks. Already, under Alexander the Great, an Egyptian
priest, Manetho, had written libels or calumnies against
Judaism. Under Tiberius, too, the great orator Apion
had resuscitated and envenomed the insults of Manetho.
So that this literature poisoned the people who, later on,
cruelly persecuted the believers in the One true God.
The new method was accordingly found and adopted.
It was an allegorical interpretation of every law, precept,
narration and even the names of great personages were con-
sidered to conceal in them a secret idea which it attempted