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.)
Translations (1)
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.) — 28 focus
[28] and that the third thing which was between the two, and had the effect of bringing them together was reason, for that it was owing to reason that God was both a ruler and good. Now, of this ruling authority and of this goodness, being two distinct powers, the cherubim were the symbols, but of reason the flaming sword was the symbol. For reason is a thing capable of rapid motion and impetuous, and especially the reason of the Creator of all things is so, inasmuch as it was before everything and passed by everything, and was conceived before everything, and appears in everything.
Notes on the current edition
De Cherubim
1.
1 ἐνοικεῖ ὁ κυκλωθεὶς U τὰς δ’ ἡνίας UF πιστεύει UF ἐποχῶν UF πλημμελεῖ F
2 ἐπιστασίαν Mang. : ἐπίστασιν codd. ἁπάσας δ’] ἀλλὰ πάσας UF αὐτοῦ UF ἐναρμονίου U, ἐν ἁρμονία F
3 μάλιστα δ’ U, μάλιστα δὲ F οὕτως] om. M, οὐ Α τάξει γεγενῆσθαι UF
5 οὕτως] ὅπως AP, om. M
8 ἑκατέριον Α φησιν codd.: φασιν Mang. 1) πτεροῖς Mang.: om. U, ἑτέροις ceteri ἀντικρὺ Hcorr.: ἄντικρυς ceteri
10 δ’ Gll μέσον] μετὰ U ὦ] ὃ U
12 περί] εἴπερ F ἡ] ἡ F ἑκατέρως U, ἑκατέρου Γ’
13 γίγνηται MAPG: γίνηται II, γίνεται U, ora. F
14 συμβολικῶς ὁ ἥλιος UF ὠκυδρομώτατον scripsi: ὠκυδρομώτατος codd.
15 περι θεῖν AP κόσμον περιδινεῖσθαι transp. UF
16 δέ] δ’ ἔγωγε UF Ifi.
17 εἰωθείας F
17 ὅν] ὧν MUP
18 δύναμαι AP 18.
19 ὄντως καὶ ὄντα AP1
19 ὄντα] θηῶ UF δυνάμεις καὶ πρώτας transp. UF
20 καὶ ante ἀγαθότητι om. UF γεγενηκέναι MGHUF
21 γενηθέντος H συναγωγὸν UFL2: συνάγοντες ceteri ἄμφω UF
22 καὶ post οὖν om. AP1
1 ἐνοικεῖ ὁ κυκλωθεὶς U τὰς δ’ ἡνίας UF πιστεύει UF ἐποχῶν UF πλημμελεῖ F
2 ἐπιστασίαν Mang. : ἐπίστασιν codd. ἁπάσας δ’] ἀλλὰ πάσας UF αὐτοῦ UF ἐναρμονίου U, ἐν ἁρμονία F
3 μάλιστα δ’ U, μάλιστα δὲ F οὕτως] om. M, οὐ Α τάξει γεγενῆσθαι UF
5 οὕτως] ὅπως AP, om. M
8 ἑκατέριον Α φησιν codd.: φασιν Mang. 1) πτεροῖς Mang.: om. U, ἑτέροις ceteri ἀντικρὺ Hcorr.: ἄντικρυς ceteri
10 δ’ Gll μέσον] μετὰ U ὦ] ὃ U
12 περί] εἴπερ F ἡ] ἡ F ἑκατέρως U, ἑκατέρου Γ’
13 γίγνηται MAPG: γίνηται II, γίνεται U, ora. F
14 συμβολικῶς ὁ ἥλιος UF ὠκυδρομώτατον scripsi: ὠκυδρομώτατος codd.
15 περι θεῖν AP κόσμον περιδινεῖσθαι transp. UF
16 δέ] δ’ ἔγωγε UF Ifi.
17 εἰωθείας F
17 ὅν] ὧν MUP
18 δύναμαι AP 18.
19 ὄντως καὶ ὄντα AP1
19 ὄντα] θηῶ UF δυνάμεις καὶ πρώτας transp. UF
20 καὶ ante ἀγαθότητι om. UF γεγενηκέναι MGHUF
21 γενηθέντος H συναγωγὸν UFL2: συνάγοντες ceteri ἄμφω UF
22 καὶ post οὖν om. AP1
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3 D C fol. 183r D R fol. 178v ἐκ τῶν αὐτῶν (praecedit excerptum ἐκ τοῦ η΄ καὶ θ΄ τῆς νόμων ἱερῶν ἀλληγορίας) : τὸ σὺν θεῷ πᾶν ἐπαινετόν· τὸ δὲ ἄνευ θεοῦ φευκτόν.
11 cf. Eur. frg. 944 (Macrob. Sat. I 23, 8) Arist. de Mundo 2.
3 D C fol. 183r D R fol. 178v ἐκ τῶν αὐτῶν (praecedit excerptum ἐκ τοῦ η΄ καὶ θ΄ τῆς νόμων ἱερῶν ἀλληγορίας) : τὸ σὺν θεῷ πᾶν ἐπαινετόν· τὸ δὲ ἄνευ θεοῦ φευκτόν.
11 cf. Eur. frg. 944 (Macrob. Sat. I 23, 8) Arist. de Mundo 2.