Philo Judaeus, De Opificio Mundi, ed. Leopold Cohn, 137

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[137]
δεύτερον δέ, οὐκ ἐκ τοῦ τυχόντος μέρους τῆς γῆς ἔοικεν ὁ θεὸς χοῦν ¹² λαβὼν τὸν ἀνθρωποειδῆ τοῦτον ἀνδριάντα πλάττειν ἐθελῆσαι μετὰ τῆς ἀνωτάτω σπουδῆς, ἀλλὰ διακρίνας ἐξ ἁπάσης τὸ βέλτιστον, ἐκ καθαρᾶς ὕλης τὸ καθαρώτατον καὶ διηθημένον ἄκρως, ὃ πρὸς τὴν κατασκευὴν μάλιστα ἥρμοζεν· οἶκος γάρ τις ἢ νεὼς ἱερὸς ἐτεκταίνετο ψυχῆς λογικῆς, ἣν ἔμελλεν ἀγαλματοφορήσειν ἀγαλμάτων τὸ θεοειδέστατον.

De Opificio Mundi. Philo Judaeus. ed. Leopold Cohn. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

De Opificio Mundi (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera que supersunt, Volume 1. Cohn, Leonard, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1896.)

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On the Creation of the World First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 137 focus

[137] The second consideration is that it is not likely that God made this figure in the present form of a man, working with the most sublime care, after he had taken the clay from any chance portion of earth, but that he selected carefully the most excellent clay of all the earth, of the pure material choosing the finest and most carefully sifted portion, such as was especially fit for the formation of the work which he had in hand. For it was an abode or sacred temple for a reasonable soul which was being made, the image of which he was about to carry in his heart, being the most God-like looking of images.

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De opificio mundi

1.
1 γεγεννῆσθαι Β
2 ἀνθρωπίνην om. DM διαπλασθέντος F
3 δὲ om. D ὑπ’ οὐδενὸς εἴληφε γεννητοῦ D γεννητοῦ ABPG πατρὸς] πνεύματος AP1, πνς BDM
4 πάντων MDM; ἁπάντων ceteri ὃ scripsi: τὸ codd. ἣν om. DM
5 φύσεως ἐκείνης MD: ἐκείνης φύσεως ceteri μετοικίαν M
6 ἶν’ om. M θνητόν] θνητὸς ὁ ἄνθρωπος Mang. (Christophorson)
7 ἀθανατίζεται MF
8 εἴπη FH, εἴποι L
10 μὲν om. M τὸ om. M
11 διάνοιαν] ψυχὴν M
12 ἑκάτερον scripsi: ἑκατέρων M, ἑκάτερα ceteri ψυχῆς τε καὶ σώματος M
13 μοι γεγενῆσθαι δοκεῖ ABP
14 ὑπερβολάς M: μεταβολάς FG marg. H, ὑπερβάσεις ceteri ἐν ἀληθεία ΗP2 καὶ καλὸς ABP 14.
15 οὗτος ὄντως M: ὄντως οὗτος ceteri 1.5 μὲν om. M
16 ὧν ἐστι πρῶτον om. M τόδε· ἄρτι] τό, τε ἄρτι M νεοτίκτου M
17 κατὰ] μετὰ Markland, διὰ Christophorson τοῦ om. ABP τῶν πολλῶν ὑδάτων Jessen προσερήθη Β θάλαττα M: θάλασσα ceteri
18 γιγνομένων FGH καὶ καθαρὰν] καθόλου ABP 18.
19 ἔτι δ’ ὁλκὸν καὶ εὐεργὸν praebet M solus: om. ceteri
19 ἑξῆς F ἀποτελούμενα Μ: ἐπιτελούμενα ceteri
20 οὐκ codd.: οὐδὲ v

2. 2—6 DP fol. 375v DM fol. 282r DR fol. 279v Φίλωνος ἐκ τῆς κατὰ τοῦ τεχνίτου χοῦν λαβόντος—τοῦ γένους ἡμῶν.

Philo Judaeus De Opificio Mundi 137

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