Philo Judaeus, De Opificio Mundi, ed. Leopold Cohn, 168

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[168] οἶμαι γὰρ ἂν ὥσπερ ¹² ἥλιον καὶ σελήνην ἀεὶ φωσφορεῖν ἅπαξ κελευσθέντας ἅμα τῇ πρώτῃ γενέσει τοῦ παντὸς καὶ τὸ θεῖον πρόσταγμα διατηρεῖν οὐδενὸς ἑτέρου χάριν ἢ ὅτι p. 41 M. τῶν ὅρων οὐρανοῦ μακρὰν κακία πεφυγάδευται, τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον καὶ τῆς γῆς τὴν βαθεῖαν καὶ καρποφόρον ἄνευ τέχνης καὶ συμπράξεως
γεωπόνων ἀνδρῶν φέρειν ἂν πολλὴν ἀφθονίαν κατὰ τὰς ἐτησίους ὥρας· νυνὶ δὲ αἱ ἀέναοι πηγαὶ τῶν τοῦ θεοῦ χαρίτων ἐπεσχέθησαν, ὅτε ἤρξατο κακία τὰς ἀρετὰς παρευημερεῖν, ἵνα μὴ ὡς ἀναξίοις χορηγῶσιν.

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.)

Translations (1)

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.) — 168 focus

[168] For I think that as the sun and the moon do continually give light, ever since they were originally commanded to do so at the time of the original creation of the universe, and as they constantly obey the divine injunction, for the sake of no other reason but because evil and disobedience are banished to a distance far from the boundaries of heaven: so in the same way would the fertile and productive regions of the earth yield an immense abundance in the various seasons of the year, without any skill or co-operation on the part of the husbandman. But at present the ever-flowing fountains of the graces of God have been checked, from the time when wickedness began to increase faster than the virtues, in order that they might not be supplying men who were unworthy to be benefited by them.

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De opificio mundi

1.
1 αἱ δεξάμεναι M θεραπαινίδος Β
2 τὸν τρόπον M
3 δελεασθεὶς] δικαστὴς M
5 ἀντὶ ἀθανάτου M
6 μαχλὰς Wendl.: μάχλος codd. ἡ ἡδονὴ M
7 τοῦτον] καὶ τοῦτον F, τὸν νοῦν Markland ἀγκιστρεύεται ABP1
8 αὐτῆς M ἐρῶντα Wendl.: ἔρωτα codd. ἃς] αἷς ABP
9 ὑπήγαγε ABP
10 ἑκάστων] ἐκ πάντων M σφραγιζόμεναι M
11 καὶ τὸ ὅμοιον M Pal.: καὶ om. ceteri ἐνεργαζόμεναι Pal.: ἐναυγαζόμεναι M, om. ceteri ἐοικὸς M
12 καταλαμβάνεται M Pal. αὑτοῦ FG, ἑαυτοῦ Pal.: αὐτοῦ ceteri
13 εἶπον ἤδη M: ἤδη εἶπον ceteri
14 δ’ ἐπίχειρα] δὲ παῦρα M εὕραντο M: ἤραντο ceteri πρῶτοι M: πρότερον ceteri
15 σφόδρα M
16 δεξαμένη M 16.
17 λύπας ἐπαλλήλους M: ἐπαλλήλους λύπας ceteri
17 γεινομένοις M
18 εἶτ᾿ M: εἰς ceteri
19 συνόντως A
22 φέρειν—ἐπιστήμης (23)] ἔχειν ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπιστήμης λογικῆς M
23 δὲ] δέ τε M μετουσίας M
24 τροφῆς] τρυφῆς ABP μὴ om. A1BP1 οἶμαι] οἱ μὲν M ἄν om. ABP1

2. 6—13 Pal. fol. 24r οἶα ἑταιρὶς—μὴ δυνάμενος.

Philo Judaeus De Opificio Mundi 168

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