Philo Judaeus, De Opificio Mundi, ed. Leopold Cohn, 25

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[25] τὸ δὲ δόγμα
τοῦτο Μωυσέως ἐστίν, οὐκ ἐμόν· τὴν γοῦν ἀνθρώπου γένεσιν ἀναγράφων ἐν τοῖς ἔπειτα διαρρήδην ὁμολογεῖ, ὡς ἄρα κατ’ εἰκόνα θεοῦ διετυπώθη (Gen. 1,27). εἰ δὲ τὸ μέρος εἰκὼν εἰκόνος [δῆλον ὅτι] καὶ τὸ ὅλον ¹² εἶδος, σύμπας οὗτος ὁ αἰσθητὸς κόσμος, εἰ μείζων τῆς ἀνθρωπίνης ἐστίν, μίμημα θείας εἰκόνος, δῆλον ὅτι καὶ ἡ ἀρχέτυπος σφραγίς, ὅν φαμεν νοητὸν εἶναι κόσμον, αὐτὸς ἂν εἴη [τὸ παράδειγμα, ἀρχέτυπος ἰδέα τῶν ἰδεῶν] ὁ θεοῦ λόγος.

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.) — 25 focus

[25] this is the doctrine of Moses, not mine. Accordingly he, when recording the creation of man, in words which follow, asserts expressly, that he was made in the image of God—and if the image be a part of the image, then manifestly so is the entire form, namely, the whole of this world perceptible by the external senses, which is a greater imitation of the divine image than the human form is. It is manifest also, that the archetypal seal, which we call that world which is perceptible only to the intellect, must itself be the archetypal model, the idea of ideas, the Reason of God.

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De opificio mundi

1.
1 σύμφωνον] συμφυές F
2 εἰδέας V οὐδενὶ γὰρ τῶν παρακλήτων M
3 αὑτῷ G: αὐτῷ VM, ἑαυτῷ ceteri δεῖν εὐεργετεῖν] δὲ ἵν’ εὐεργετεῖν Μ, ἵν᾿ εὐεργετῇ ABP
4 θείαν P
5 ἐπιλαβεῖν FGH αὑτῆς FH τῶν om. F ἑαυτοῦ V: αὐτοῦ ceteri
6 ἀπερίγραπτοι ABP αὗταί codd.: αὐταί v γε om. VR
8 οὕτως AP: οὕτω ceteri γενόμενον MD τοῦ μὲν] τοῦ θεοῦ P 8.
9 ὑπερβάλλουσιν VD
9 δὲ ED ὃν ἢ] ἐστὶν MABPD ὥστε om. D
10 εἰ μί’ V διεμερίσατο FG εὐαρμόστῳ Β ἑκάστῳ τὸ ἐπιβάλλον codd.: τὸ ἑκάστῳ ἐπιβάλλον v
11 ἐθελήσειεν V, θελήσειε M, ἐθέλοι DC, θέλοι DR γυμνότερον Eus τοῖς ὀνόμασιν περὶ τῆς κοσμοποιίας D
12 οὐδὲν ἄν] οὐδένα ABP οὐδὲν ἕτερον εὑρίσκει τοῦ τὸν νοητὸν DC, οὐδὲν ἄν ἕτερον εὑρήσει τοῦτον τὸν νοητὸν DR εἶναι κόσμον FGH, εἶναι om. Eus
13 γὰρ τοῦδε DR ὁ om. MBDR
14 τὴν νοητὴν πόλιν] τὴν αἰσθητὴν πόλιν τῇ νοητῇ MABP νοητὴν seclusi δυναμένου Β 14.
15 Μώσεως γάρ ἐστι τὸ δόγμα τοῦτο Η
15 Μωϋσέως DC, Μωϋσέος DR, Μώσεως ceteri ἐστίν] ἔσθ’ (sic) V ἀνθρώπων ABP ἄνω γράφων ABP
16 ὁμολογεῖ διαρρήδην Η ἄρα V διετυπώθη τὸ πᾶν MABP
17 δῆλον ὅτι VM: δηλονότι ceteri, secl. Wendl.

2. 5—11 ἀλλ’ οὐ—ἐπιβάλλον R fol. 90r 7—9 DC fol. 259v τοῦ Φίλωνος) ἐκ τῆς κατὰ ωσέα κοσμοποιίας: οὐχ ὡς πέφυκεν—τὸ μέγεθος αὐτῶν: eadem DR fol. 277r et fol. 142v 11—15 DR fol. 192v Φίλωνος ἐκ τῆς κατὰ κοσμοποιίας: εἴ τις—οὐκ ἐμόν: eadem DC fol. 151v 11—8,14 Euseb. Pr Ev.
24 . . . λέγει δ’ οὑν ὁ Ἑβραῖος Φίλων τὰ πάτρια διερμηνεύων αὐτοῖς ῥήμασιν: Εἰ δέ τις— ἐποίησε τὸν οὐρανόν.

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