Philo Judaeus, De Cherubim, ed. Leopold Cohn, 52

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[52] τὸν οὖν ἀγένητον
¹ καὶ ἄτρεπτον θεὸν ἀθανάτων καὶ παρθένων ἀρετῶν σπείρειν ἰδέας μηδέποτε εἰς γυναικὸς μεταβαλλούσῃ σχῆμα παρθενίᾳ πρεπῶδες. τί οὖν, ὦ ψυχή, δέον ἐν οἴκῳ θεοῦ παρθενεύεσθαι καὶ ἐπιστήμης περιέχεσθαι, τούτων μὲν ἀποστατεῖς, αἴσθησιν δὲ ἀσπάζῃ τὴν ἐκθηλύνουσάν σε καὶ
μιαίνουσαν; τοιγάρτοι γέννημα πάμφυρτον καὶ πανώλεθρον ἀποτέξῃ τὸν ἀδελφοκτόνον καὶ ἐπάρατον Κάιν, κτῆσιν οὐ κτητήν· λέγεται γὰρ ὁ Κάιν κτῆσις.

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.)

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.) — 52 focus

[52] Therefore is it seemly that the uncreated and unchangeable God should ever sow the ideas of immortal and virgin virtues in a woman who is transformed into the appearance of virginity? Why, then, O soul, since it is right for you to dwell as a virgin in the house of God, and to cleave to wisdom, do you stand aloof from these things, and rather embrace the outward sense, which makes you effeminate and pollutes you? Therefore, you shall bring forth an offspring altogether polluted and altogether destructive, the fratricidal and accursed Cain, a possession not to be sought after; for the name Cain being interpreted means possession.

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De Cherubim

1.
1 μή τινα] μήποτ’ UF εἰδὼς] εἰδῶν GmgHL1, ἰδόντες UFL2
2 ἐπικρύψετε U, ἐπικρύψητε FL2 μέχρι APG1 σαφῶς αὐτὴν UF
3 Μωϋσῆ UF, Μασεῖ ceteri μυηθεὶς] μνησθεὶς G1
5 ἱεροφαντεῖν UF ἱκανῶς H ὅδ’ F, ὁ δ’ om. AP
6 ἐνθουσιῶν UFGcorr. : ἐνθουσιῶντα ceteri
8 ἐμφαστικώτατα M
9 παριστῶν UF
10 γεγενηκὼς HU
12 παρθένιον F 13.
14 ἀνθρώπω AP
14 γενέσει codd.: γεννήσει Mang. τέκνων] παίδων UF σύνοδος] ὁμιλία UF
15 δ’ AP θεὸς ψυχὴ U, ὁ θεὸς ψυχὴ F αὐτὴν οὖσαν UF: αὐτὴν om. ceteri
16 ἀγενεῖς AP
17 θηλύνεται UF
18 ἐκλιπεῖν] ἐκπεσεῖν UF ἐκείνην om. UF
20 τάξιν] τρόπον UF παρθέεῖν τῆς ἐχούσης νοῦ F
22 εἰπὼν G οὐ G ἥδε] ἤδη F
23 ἐχούσης MGH: μενούσης P, μενούσης AUF
24 ποιῶν] ποιοτήτων AP, θνητῶν UFL2
25 αἱ τυποῦσαι] ἐτύπωσε καὶ τύπους αἱ UFL2 τῶν] τὸν AP, τὰ coni. Markland et Wendl. κλῆρον AP: κλήρων ceteri εἰλήχασι M: εἰλήφασι ceteri οὖν] γοῦν U, γ’ οὖν F, νοῦν P ἀγένητον M: ἀγέννητον ceteri

Philo Judaeus De Cherubim 52

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