Philo Judaeus, De Cherubim, ed. Leopold Cohn, 18

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[18] ψυχὴν ἰδεῖν δυναμένῳ. 6 τὸ μὲν οὖν εἰς ἐπίκρισιν ἐναντίον τοιοῦτόν
ἐστι· τὸ δ’ εἰς οἰκείωσιν, ὃ ἐπὶ τοῦ πανσόφου λέλεκται Ἀβραάμ· „ἔτι“ γάρ φησιν "ἦν ἑστηκὼς ἐναντίον κυρίου" (Gen. 18,22 )· καὶ τεκμήριον τῆς οἰκειώσεως τὸ ἐπιλεγόμενον ὅτι „ἐγγίσας εἶπεν“ (ib. 23)· ἀλλοτριουμένῳ γὰρ ἀφίστασθαι καὶ διαζεύγνυσθαι, οἰκειουμένῳ δὲ συνεγγίζειν ἁρμόττει.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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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.) — 18 focus

This, then, is the meaning of coming in front of one’s judge, when brought up for judgment. But the case of coming in front of any one which has a bearing upon connection or familiarity, may be illustrated by the example of the all-wise Abraham. "For," says Moses, "he was still standing in front of God." ¹ And a proof of his familiarity is contained in the expression that "he came near to God, and spoke." For it ²³⁴ is fitting for one who has no connection with another to stand at a distance, and to be separated from him, but he who is connected with him should stand near to him.

Philo Judaeus De Cherubim 18

ed. Leopold Cohn

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