Philo Judaeus, De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini, ed. Leopold Cohn, 111

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[111] λέγεται δὲ καὶ δι’ ἑτέρων· „τὰ δῶρά μου, δόματά μου, καρπώματά μου διατηρήσετε προσφέρειν ἐμοὶ ἐν ταῖς ἑορταῖς μου“ (Num. 28, 2), οὐκ ἀφαιροῦντες οὐδὲ διανέμοντες, ἀλλ’ ἔμπλεα καὶ ὁλόκληρα καὶ τέλεια προσάγοντες· ἑορτὴ γὰρ ψυχῆς
ἡ ἐν ἀρεταῖς εὐφροσύνη τελείαις, τέλειαι δὲ αἱ κηρῶν ἀμέτοχοι, ὅσας τὸ ἀνθρώπειον γένος χωρεῖ. μόνος δὲ ἑορτάζει τὴν τοιαύτην ἑορτὴν ὁ σοφός, τῶν δὲ ἄλλων οὐδὲ εἷς· ἄγευστον γὰρ παθῶν ἢ κακιῶν ¹²

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.) — 111 focus

[111] And in another passage it is said, "My gifts, and my offerings, and my sacrifices, ye will take care to offer to me at my festivals:" not taking away from them, nor dividing them, but bringing them forward full, and entire, and perfect; for the feast of the soul is cheerfulness in perfect virtues; and ¹ the perfect virtues are all those which the human race exhibits, free from all stain or spot. But the wise man alone can keep such a festival as this, and no other human being; for it is a most rare thing to find a soul which has never tasted of wickedness or passions.

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De sacrificiis Abelis et Caini

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1 δὲ Pap MG: δ’ ceteri ὑπολειπτέον UG: ὑποληπτέον ceteri
2 οὑν om. Pap τούτων] τῆς τῶν τόπων AP, τῶν τοιούτων Mang. εἰσιν Pap δὲ om. Pap
3 ὅλα (sic) δι’ ὅλων post θέμις transp. Pap ἅς om. Pap
4 αἱ add. Pap: om. codd. αμερισταις Pap
5 ὁ Ἰσαάκ Pap M: ὁ om. ceteri
6 μεμοιραμένον] λελωβημένον AGH
7 δόγματά (sic) μου δῶρά μου transp. H διατηρήσατε Α
8 μου om. GHP ἀφαιροῦντες — διανέμοντες — προσάγοντες Mang. : ἀφαιροῦντας — διανέμοντας — προσάγοντας codd. et Pap
9 ἔκπλεα UF
10 τελείαις Pap D: τελεία codd. τέλειαι] τέλεια F δὲ om. Pap κηρῶν] κηλίδων D (Mang.) ὅσας] ἃς Pap
11 ἀνθρώπειον Pap UF: ἀνθρώπινον ceteri
12 δ’ AHUF, δὲ om. P οὐδὲ εἷς Pap UF: οὐδείς ceteri

2. 4—6 ibid. . . . cuius rei manifestum et evidens exemplum est oblatio patriarchae quem sacrificii modo obtulit pater . . . mundam offerens Deo hostiam vacuamque formidinis et corporeae cupiditatis immunem.
6 sqq. ibid. II 2,8 . . . cum fidem habuerimus, elaboremus ut opera nostra perfecta sint, siquidem hoc plenum est et perfectum sacrificium, sicut ipse Dominus docet nos dicens: De donis et datis meis observabitis offere mihi in diebus festis meis, nihil detrahentes neque dispertientes, sed plena et integia et perfecta offerentes. festus autem dies Domini est, ubi perfectarum virtutum gratia est, quae tunc perfectae sunt, si . . . animus delinimenta voluptatis excludat. . . . solus itaque sapiens hanc celebrat sollemnitatem, nullus alius; iramunem enim huiusmodi passionum animam reperire difficile est. divide ergo secundum rationem animae principalia et obedientia, et tunc quid masculinum quidve femininum sit deprehendes. nulla enim sine labore virtus, quia labor processus virtutis est. quod etiam legis ipsius verba significant, quae dicit: Omne quod aperit vulvam asinae, mutabis ove. ... quod asina laboriosum sit animal, ovis fructuosum . . . omnem laborem tuum, omnem industriam puro et simplici commendabis affectu. 9—12 DC fol. 170r Φίλωνος ἐκ τοῦ εἰς τὸν Αβελ) DR fol. 162v Φίλωνος) ψυχῆς — οὐδείς. 12—248,1 DC fol. 46v DR fol. 67v Φίλωνος ἐκ τοῦ περὶ Αβελ: ἄγευστον— σπανιώτατον.

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