Philo Judaeus, De Cherubim, ed. Leopold Cohn, 121

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[121] ἅμα μέντοι καὶ δόγμα εἰσηγεῖται πάνσοφον, ὅτι μόνος κυρίως ὁ θεὸς πολίτης ἐστί, πάροικον δὲ καὶ ἐπήλυτον τὸ γενητὸν ἅπαν, οἱ δὲ λεγόμενοι πολῖται καταχρήσει μᾶλλον ὀνόματος ἢ ἀληθείᾳ
προσαγορεύονται· δωρεὰ δὲ ἀποχρῶσα σοφοῖς ἀνδράσι πρὸς τὸν μόνον ¹² πολίτην θεὸν ἀντεξετασθεῖσιν, ἐπηλύτων καὶ παροίκων λαβεῖν τάξιν, ἐπειδὴ τῶν ἀφρόνων ἔπηλυς μὲν ἢ πάροικος ἁπλῶς οὐδεὶς ἐν τῇ τοῦ θεοῦ πόλει γίνεται, φυγὰς δὲ πάντως ἀνευρίσκεται, οἷον δὴ καὶ προσανεφθέγξατο ὡς δογματικώτατον. „πράσει“ φησίν „οὐ πραθήσεται ἡ
γῆ“· καὶ ὑπὸ τίνος ἡσύχασεν, ἵν’ ἐκ τοῦ παρασιωπηθέντος ὁ μὴ φυσιολογίας ἀμύητος εἰς ἐπιστήμην ὠφελῆται.

De Cherubim. Philo Judaeus. ed. Leopold Cohn. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

De Cherubim (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 1. Cohn, Leonard, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1896.)

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On the Cherubim; and on the Flaming Sword; and on the First-Born Child of Man, Cain First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, Volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 121 focus

[121] At the same time, also, this doctrine of exceeding wisdom is introduced, that the Lord God is the only real citizen, and that every created being is but a stranger and a sojourner. But those who are called citizens are called so rather in consequence of a slight misapplication of the name than in strict truth. And it is a sufficient gift to wise men—if considered comparatively with the only true citizen, God—for them to have the rank of strangers and sojourners. With respect to foolish men, of them there is absolutely no one who is a stranger or sojourner in the city of God, but such an one is found to be utterly an exile. And this is implied in what he said besides as a most authoritative doctrine, "The land shall not be utterly sold away." Nor did God add "by whom," in order that from that point being passed over in silence, he who was not wholly uninitiated in natural philosophy, might be benefited in respect of knowledge.

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De Cherubim

1.
1 πεποίηκε AP
2 ὁ δοῦλος ’ ᾖ] ἢ AP ἄν ἄγη MG: ἀνάγει AP, ἀνάγκη H πρὸς σχήματα om. MAP
3 ἢ πρὸς ὀσμὰς AP1 χοῦς AP
5 οὔτ’ ἀρχὰς AP ’
6 δ’ AP
7 γνῶμεν codd.: εὐγνωμονῶμεν Mang. ἐπιλησόμεθα Α
9 ἐπικουφιῶμεν AP
11 περιπαθοῦσιν M, περιπαθοῦς Α
13 δ’ AP
14 οὐ scripsi: οὑδὲ codd.
15 ὁρθώτατα Α
16 ἐμὴ] ἐμοὶ AP τῳ] τὸ M, om. AP γεννητὸν APU
18 γινόμενοι GH
19 εὐπατριδῶν] οὐ πατρίδων MAP1 πάντες om. MAP ἰσοτελίαν M
21 ξένην scripsi: κενὴν P, καινὴν ceteri; κοινὴν coni. Mang.
22 μέχρι MAP
24 κυρίως Turn.: κύριος codd. γεννητὸν AP
26 δ’ AP

2.
5 sqq. cf. Eur. Phoen. 555 ss. (Plut. Cons. ad Apolloaium
28 p. 116 Α)

Philo Judaeus De Cherubim 121

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