Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The place of the treatise in the Philonic corpus -- 2. The contents and structure of the treatise (with an excursus on the sequel) -- 3. The genre of the treatise -- 4. Main themes of the treatise -- 5. The historical background (with an excursus on Flaccus) -- 6. Previous scholarship -- 7. The text of the treatise -- 8. The present commentary (with a note on Nachleben) -- Translation -- Commentary -- I. Flaccus' persecution of the Jews (1-96) -- 1-7: Flaccus' promising start -- 8-20: Flaccus' degeneration -- 21-24: Flaccus begins to injure the Jews -- 25-35: King Agrippa -- 36-40: Karabas -- 41-44: The overtures to the pogrom -- 45-52: The Jewish point of view -- 53-96: The pogrom at its height -- II. Punishment and death of Flaccus (97-191) -- 97-103: The declaration of loyalty -- 104-118: Flaccus' arrest -- 119-124: Gratitude for Flaccus' arrest -- 125-145: Lampo and Isidorus -- 146-161: Flaccus on trial -- 162-180a: Flaccus at Andros -- 180b-190: Caligula has Flaccus killed -- 191: Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Indices -- 1. Index of passages from ancient authors -- Philonic texts -- Biblical passages -- Jewish documents -- Christian documents -- Pagan documents -- 2. Index of subjects and names (including Greek terms) -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Z.