katoikountes

Ioudaioi katoikountes apo tou pros Libuēn katabathmou mechri tōn horiōn

The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries 1851-1930 1908

Philo's comparatively precise mode of expression (ouk apodeousi muriadōn hekaton hoi tēn Alexandreian kai tēn chōran Ioudaioi katoikountes apo tou pros Libuēn katabathmou mechri tōn horiōn Aithiopias: “The Jews resident in Alexandria and in the country from the descent to Libya back to the bounds of Ethiopia, do not fall short of a million”), taken together with the fact that registers for the purpose of taxation were accurately kept in Egypt, renders it probable that we have here to do with no fanciful number.

The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries 1851-1930 1908