Philo Judaeus De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini 11

ed. Leopold Cohn

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[11] 4 „Καὶ ἐγένετο Ἄβελ ποιμὴν προβάτων, Κάιν δὲ ἦν ἐργαζόμενος τὴν γῆν“ (Gen. 4, 2). τί δήποτε πρεσβύτερον εἰσαγαγὼν τοῦ Ἄβελ τὸν Κάιν νυνὶ τὴν τάξιν μετατέθεικεν, ὡς τοῦ νεωτέρου μεμνῆσθαι πρότερον κατὰ τὴν τῶν βίων προαίρεσιν; εἰκὸς γὰρ ἦν τὸν μὲν πρεσβύτατον
πρότερον ἐπὶ γεωργίαν ἐλθεῖν, τὸν δὲ νεώτερον αὖθις ἐπὶ τὴν τῶν θρεμμάτων ἐπιμέλειαν.

De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini. Philo Judaeus. ed. Leopold Cohn. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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

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On the Sacrifice of Abel and Cain First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 11 focus

"And Abel became a shepherd of sheep; but Cain was a tiller of the ground." Why now has Moses, who represents Cain as older than Abel, now transposed them in the order in which he here mentions them, so as to name the younger first when relating their choice of a way of life? For it was natural that the elder should lead the way and adopt the cultivation ¹²³⁴ of the land, and that the younger should subsequently come to the care of sheep.

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