religious holiday ( Exodus 3 : 18, 5 : 3, 8 : 23 ) , it would seem that the Egyptians had no reason to suspect that they were parting with their valuables on a permanent basis . InThe charge of Jewish mendacity in this particular episode has a long pedigree . 3 b . Sanhedrin the scholion of Megillat Ta’anit and in the roughly contemporaneous 4 a, Hilmi’s complaint is voiced by Egyptians who contend against the Jews in the 91 presence of Alexander of Macedon, the fourth century BCE conqueror who is often presented as an impartial arbiter of disputes among peoples in his vast territory . 5 Outside of Jewish sources, this charge is found in second century Marcus Junianus Justinus’ epitome of the Philippic History by Pompeius Trogus ( XXXVI : 2 ) , and Benno Jacob argues that traces of such accusations are evident from responses to it in both Second Temple Pseudepigrapha and Philo . 6 Suggested Resolutions : A History of Research The financial claim against the Jewish people is relatively ...
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