Philo Judaeus, De Opificio Mundi, ed. Leopold Cohn, 35

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[35] ἐπεὶ δὲ φῶς μὲν ἐγένετο, σκότος δ’ ὑπεξέστη ¹² καὶ ἀνεχώρησεν, ὅροι δ’ ἐν τοῖς μεταξὺ διαστήμασιν ἐπάγησαν ἑσπέρα καὶ πρωΐα, κατὰ τἀναγκαῖον τοῦ χρόνου μέτρον ἀπετελεῖτο εὐθύς, ὃ καὶ ἡμέραν ὁ ποιῶν ἐκάλεσε, καὶ ἡμέραν οὐχὶ πρώτην, ἀλλὰ μίαν, ἣ λέλεκται διὰ τὴν τοῦ νοητοῦ κόσμου μόνωσιν μοναδικὴν ἔχοντος φύσιν.

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.) — 35 focus

[35] But when light came, and darkness retreated and yielded to it, and boundaries were set in the space between the two, namely, evening and morning, then of necessity the measure of time was immediately perfected, which also the Creator called day. and He called it not the first day, but one day; and it is spoken of thus, on account of the single nature of the world perceptible only by the intellect, which has a single nature.

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De opificio mundi

1.
1 πλανῆτι Eus τε om. M Eus ἀρύτονται Ems cod. I, ἀρύττονται V: ἀρύονται ω ceteri, ἄρχονται DC καὶ καθόσον DC ἑκάστου M
2 φέγγει M τῆς] καὶ DC αὐγὴς ἐκείνης VM Eus: ἐκείνης αὐγῆς ceteri αὐγῆς μεταλαμβάνει DC
3 ὅταν] οὗ ἄν Eus, οὗ ἀν’ V ἄρχηται M
5 τὸ σκότος MAF, καὶ τὸ σκότος P ἁ
8 ἀνάλαμψιν Η: ἀνάληψιν ceteri
9 διατιχείζοντος V
10 διιστῶντος Μ θεοῦ] τοῦ θεοῦ Η τἀς om. G
11 αἰεὶ V: ἀεὶ ceteri συμφερόμεναι V: συμφερόμενα ceteri
12 ἀντὶ V ἐπικρατήσῃ FGH
13 ἐχώρισεν V, ἐχώρησε G 13.
14 διαστήμασι V
14 ἄν εἶρξε V
16 ἐπαποδυόμεναι V, ἐπαπολυόμενα GH, ἐπαπολλύμενα F διέζευξαν καὶ om. Η
17 δ’ V: δὲ ceteri
18 μέλλοντα om. M
19 δὲ FGH τῷ ἡλίῳ M
20 πραέως MABP λέγοι V
22 εἶδέ V
23 ἀσώματα σωμάτων] ἀσωμάτων M ἐπεὶ V Eus: ἐπειδὴ ceteri δ’] δὲ FGH

2. 23—11,12 Euseb. Pr. Eu. XI
24 . . . καὶ μετὰ βραχέα ἐπιλέγει:

Philo Judaeus De Opificio Mundi 35

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