Philo Judaeus, De Cherubim, ed. Leopold Cohn, 48

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[48] 14 ταῦτα, ὦ μύσται κεκαθαρμένοι τὰ ὦτα, ὡς ἱερὰ ὄντως
μυστήρια ψυχαῖς ταῖς ἑαυτῶν παραδέχεσθε καὶ μηδενὶ τῶν ἀμυήτων ἐκλαλήσητε, ταμιευσάμενοι δὲ παρ’ ἑαυτοῖς φυλάττετε θησαυρόν, οὐκ ἐν ᾧ χρυσὸς καὶ ἄργυρος, οὐσίαι φθαρταί, κατάκεινται, ἀλλὰ τῶν ὄντων κτημάτων τὸ καλλιστεῦον, ἡ περὶ τοῦ αἰτίου καὶ ἀρετῆς καὶ τρίτου τοῦ γεννήματος ἀμφοῖν ἐπιστήμη. ἐὰν δέ τινι τῶν τετελεσμένων ¹ ἐντυγχάνητε, λιπαρῶς ἐγκείμενοι περιέχεσθε, μή τινα ἄρα καινοτέραν εἰδὼς τελετὴν ἐπικρύπτηται, μέχρις ἂν αὐτὴν σαφῶς ἀναδιδαχθῆτε.

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.) — 48 focus

Now I bid ye, initiated men, who are purified, as to your ears, to receive these things, as mysteries which are really sacred, in your inmost souls; and reveal them not to any one who is of the number of the uninitiated, but guard them as a sacred treasure, laying them up in your own hearts, not in a storehouse in which are gold and silver, perishable substances, but in that treasure-house in which the most excellent of all the possessions in the world does lie, the knowledge namely of the great first Cause, and of virtue, and in the third place, of the generation of them both. And if ever you meet with any one who has been properly initiated, cling to that man affectionately and adhere to him, that if he has learnt any more recent mystery he may not conceal it from you before you have learnt to comprehend it thoroughly.

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De Cherubim

1.
1 αὐτοῖς APH
2 ὄντων] ὅλων H ἀγέννητος codd. σπείρει — δωρεῖται (3) om. F
3 γὰρ] μὲν γὰρ DF ὁ θεὸς om. F
4 αὐτῶ PG, ἑαυτῶ F οὐθενός MAPG
5 λεγομένων] δεομένων UF ἀξιόχρεων om. UF
6 τότε κύουσαν τεκοῦσαν UF ὅτι U ὁ et αὐτὴν om. F
7 τίκτουσαν UF: τίκτουσα ceteri δὲ F
8 τυχεῖν] λαχεῖν F Ἄβραμ MH
9 δὲ UF ἀναδιδάσκει UF
10 αὐτῆς ἀνέῳξεν transp. UF ἀνοιγῆναι AP, ἀνοῖξαι UF
14 αὐτῆς Η
15 τὸν θεὸν UF: τὸν om. ceteri
16 ἔγγυος PG, ἔγκυμος F, ἐγκύμων U ἡ ‘Pεβέκκα G γίγνεται U
17 δ’ AP ἱκεσίας F, ἱκετηρίας L τὴν om. F Σεμπφώραν U
18 Μώσης MAPGH θνητοῦ τὸ παράπαν UF: τὸ παράπαν om. ceteri
19 μύσται] μύσι καὶ ἱεροφάνται UF ὡς om. UF
20 παραδέχεσθαι H
21 ἐκλαλήσατε Mang. φυλάπεται U
22 φθαρτακεῖνται (sic) F ὄντων] ὄντως coni. Markland, πάντων Mang.
23 καλλιστεῦον] καλλιστεῦον κτῆμα U, κάλλιστον κτῆμα F ἡ] ἢ F περὶ om. UF καὶ ante ἀρετῆς om. F τρίτον APF
24 ἀμφοῖν] ἀπ’ ἀμφοῖν UF ἐπιστήμης codd., corr. Turn. τινι] τινες APH

Philo Judaeus De Cherubim 48

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