Philo Judaeus, De Cherubim, ed. Leopold Cohn, 17

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[17] (Deut. 29, 29), προστέτακται τῷ ἱερεῖ καὶ προφήτῃ λόγῳ, τὴν ψυχὴν „ἐναντίον τοῦ θεοῦ στῆσαι“ ἀποκαλύφῳ τῇ κεφαλῇ (Num. 5, 18), τουτέστι τὸ κεφάλαιον δόγμα γυμνωθεῖσαν
καὶ τὴν γνώμην ᾗ κέχρηται ἀπαμφιασθεῖσαν, ἵν’ ὄψεσι ταῖς ἀκριβεστάταις ἐπικριθεῖσα τοῦ ἀδεκάστου p. 142 M. θεοῦ ἢ τὴν ὑποτυφομένην εἰρωνείαν, κίβδηλον νόμισμα, διελεγχθῇ ἢ πάσης οὖσα κακίας ἀμέτοχος ἐκνίψηται τὰς καθ’ αὑτῆς διαβολὰς μάρτυρι χρησαμένη τῷ μόνῳ γυμνὴν

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

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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.) — 17 focus

[17] And therefore it is enjoined to the priest and prophet, that is to say to reason, "to place the soul in front of God, with the head uncovered," ¹ that is to say the soul must be laid bare as to its principal design, and the sentiments which it nourished must be revealed, in order that being brought before the judgment seat of the most accurate vision of the incorruptible God, it may be thoroughly examined as to all its concealed disguises, like a base coin, or, on the other hand, if it be found to be free from all participation in any kind of wickedness, it may wash away all the calumnies that have been uttered against its bringing him for a testimony to its purity, who is alone able to behold the soul naked.

Philo Judaeus De Cherubim 17

ed. Leopold Cohn

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