Philo Judaeus, De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini, Charles Duke Yonge (Translator), 2

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[2] It happens then, that there are two opinions contrary to and at variance with one another; the one of which commits everything to the mind as the leader of all reasoning, or feeling, or moving, or being stationary; and the other, attributing to God all the consequent work of creation as his own. Now the symbol of the former of these is Cain, which name, being interpreted means, "possession," from his appearing to possess all things; and the symbol of the other is Abel; for this name, being interpreted, means "referring to God."

De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini. Philo Judaeus. Charles Duke Yonge (Translator). Germany. 2023-08-01.

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On the Sacrifice of Abel and Cain (English) (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.)

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De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini First1KGreek (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 1. Cohn, Leonard, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1896.) — 2 focus

[2] δύο τοίνυν δόξας εἶναι συμβέβηκεν ἐναντίας καὶ μαχομένας ἀλλήλαις, τὴν μὲν τῷ νῷ πάντα ἐπιγράφουσαν ὡς ἡγεμόνι τῶν ¹² ἐν τῷ λογίζεσθαι ἢ αἰσθάνεσθαι ἢ κινεῖσθαι ἢ ἴσχεσθαι, τὴν δὲ τῷ θεῷ ἑπομένην ὡς αὐτοῦ δημιουργίαν οὖσαν· τῆς μὲν προτέρας ἐκτύπωσίς ἐστιν ὁ Κάιν καλούμενος κτῆσις παρὰ τὸ πάντα κεκτῆσθαι δοκεῖν, τῆς δὲ ἑτέρας ὁ Ἄβελ,

Philo Judaeus De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini 2

Charles Duke Yonge (Translator)

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