Philo Judaeus, De Opificio Mundi, ed. Leopold Cohn, 31

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[31] τὸ δὲ ἀόρατον καὶ νοητὸν φῶς ἐκεῖνο θείου λόγου γέγονεν εἰκὼν τοῦ p. 7M. διερμηνεύσαντος τὴν γένεσιν αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἔστιν ὑπερουράνιος ἀστήρ, πηγὴ τῶν αἰσθητῶν ἀστέρων, ἣν οὐκ ἂν ἀπὸ σκοποῦ καλέσειεν ἄν τις παναύγειαν, ἀφ’ ἧς ἥλιος καὶ σελήνη καὶ οἱ ἄλλοι ¹² πλάνητές τε καὶ ἀπλανεῖς ἀρύτονται, καθ’ ὅσον ἑκάστῳ δύναμις, τὰ πρέποντα φέγγη, τῆς ἀμιγοῦς καὶ καθαρᾶς αὐγῆς ἐκείνης ἀμαυρουμένης, ὅταν ἄρξηται τρέπεσθαι κατὰ τὴν ἐκ νοητοῦ πρὸς αἰσθητὸν μεταβολήν·

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.) — 31 focus

[31] And the invisible divine reason, perceptible only by intellect, he calls the image of God. And the image of this image is that light, perceptible only by the intellect, which is the image of the divine reason, which has explained its generation. And it is a star above the heavens, the source of those stars which are perceptible by the external senses, and if any one were to call it universal light he would not be very wrong; since it is from that the sun and the moon, and all the other planets and fixed stars derive their due light, in proportion as each has power given to it; that unmingled and pure light being obscured when it begins to change, according to the change from that which is perceptible only by the intellect, to that which is perceptible by the external senses; for none of those things which are perceptible to the external senses is pure.

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De opificio mundi

1.
1 δὲ D
2 εἰ καὶ μὴ] εἰ μὴ ὄρα καὶ D ἀποτελέσμασι V τοι] γε MABP
3 οὕτως V: οὕτω ceteri ἔμελλεν Β
4 post οὖν add. παρὰ τοῦ νοητοῦ κόσμου FGH ὁ om. M ἐποίησεν Eus cod. Β: ἐποίει ceteri
5 εἰδέαν V τὸν μὲν ἐφήμισε FGH
6 ὁ om. M τὴν V Eus: τὸ ceteri δ’ VM: δὲ ceteri γε corr. ex τε V, τε Eus, γε om. MABP ἔ καὶ ante ἐπὶ om. Μ:
8 πάντα V Eus
9 ἄστρα post ἔμελλεν transp. B ἔμελλεν VB
10 τε om. FGH ἠξιοῦτο VM Eus: ἠξίου ceteri τὸ ante μὲν om. M
11 ὠνόμασεν V, ὀνομάσαι Μ διότι V
12 φησιν add. Wendl. ὑπερβάλλον V Eus τοσοῦτον VF, τοσοῦτο Μ, τοσοῦτο H Eus γὰρ om. V Eus
14 καὶ post νυκτὸς] ἐκ F τὰ κριτήρια V Eus: τῶν κριτηρίων M, τῶν αἰσθητῶν κριτηρίων ABP, τῶν αἰσθητικῶν κριτηρίων FGH τὰ κριτήρια seclusi νοῦς V Eus: ὁ νοῦς ceteri
15 ὀφθαλμῶν V Eus: καὶ ὀφθαλμοὶ ceteri τοῦ σώματος Eus τὸ δὲ ἀόρατον καὶ νοητὸν φῶς ἐκεῖνο V Eus DC: τὸν δὲ ἀόρατον καὶ νοητὸν θεῖον λόγον καὶ θεοῦ λόγον καὶ θεοῦ λόγον om. Β) εἰκόνα λέγει θεοῦ· καὶ ταύτης εἰκόνα ταύτης τῆς εἰκόνος ABP) τὸ νοητὸν φῶς ἐκεῖνο ceteri θείου] ὃ θείου VFGH, περὶ οὗ (sic) DC λόγου om. Β
17 πηγὴ] πλὴν DC ἣν] ὃν DC ἂν add. V Eus: om. ceteri
18 ἄν om. DC ὑφ’ G ἥλιος καὶ σελήνη V Eus DC: ὁ ἥλιος καὶ ἡ σελήνη ceteri οἱ ἄλλοι] ἄλλα DC

2. 4—10,4 Euseb. Pr. Ev. XI
24 . . . εἶθ’ ἑξῆς λέγει: Πρῶτον οὖν—ἐν 15—10,2 DC fol. 196v τοῦ αὐτοῦ (scil. Φίλωνος) ἐκ τῆς κατὰ Μωϋσέα κοσμοποιίας: ἀόρατον—καὶ καθαρᾶς αὐγῆς μεταλαμβάνει

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