 Jewish wisdom surpasses all other wisdom, both Greek and barbarian, because it is the only one inspired by God. In Mos. 2.12, Philo makes no attempt to hide that when the Bible was first translated into Greek, the Word of God was considered by many an expression of barbarian wisdom. The Septuagint is implicitly presented as proof that the distinction between Greek and barbarian could be abolished, though for Greek civilization this distinction had great ontological weight.