Philo Judaeus, De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini, ed. Leopold Cohn, 12

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[12] ἀλλὰ γὰρ οὐ τὰ εἰκότα καὶ πιθανὰ p. 166 M. Μωυσῆς ἀσπάζεται, τὴν δὲ ἀλήθειαν ἀκραιφνῆ μεταδιώκει· καὶ ὅταν γε μόνος ἰδίᾳ τῷ θεῷ προσέρχηται, μετὰ παρρησίας φησὶ μὴ εἶναι εὔλογος — ἴσον ¹² τῷ μὴ τῶν εὐλόγων καὶ πιθανῶν ἐφίεσθαι —, πεπονθέναι δὲ τοῦτο πρὸ τῆς ἐχθὲς καὶ τρίτης, ἀφ’ οὗ τὸν θεὸν ἄρξασθαι διαλέγεσθαι ὡς θεράποντι αὐτῷ (Exod. 4, 10).

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.) — 12 focus

[12] But Moses is not influenced by what is likely and probable, but pursues the plain unadulterated truth. And when he alone comes to God by himself, he tells him with all freedom that "he is not eloquent," which statement is equivalent to saying that he does not aim at specious and plausible reasonings, and that this has happened to him "not yesterday, or the day before yesterday, but ever since God began to converse with him as his servant." ¹

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De sacrificiis Abelis et Caini

1.
2 φησιν Pap Φάρω M
3 πρόθεσιν F
5 μετανάστην Pap
6 οὐδ’ ADF τοῦθ’] τόθ’ HP, τοῦτο Pap αὑτῆς H corr.: αὐτῆς ceteri
8 συμβόλω M ὁ θεὸς post χαρίζεσθαι transp. UF
9 ἀφθόνους εἴωθεν Pap: ἀφθόνως εἴωθεν UF, εἴωθεν ἀφθόνους ceteri ὀρέγειν] παρέχειν Α ἐστιν Pap
10 τελείου Pap MAGF: τελεία UH, τελείαν P δ’ AUF 13.
14 πρεσβύτερον εἰσαγαγὼν τοῦ Ἄβελ τὸν Κάϊν Pap UFL2: πρεσβυτάτου τοῦ Κάϊν τὸν Ἄβελ (om. εἰσαγαγὼν) ceteri
14 νυνὶ UF (Pap?): νῦν ceteri τὴν τάξιν UF (Pap?): τῆ τάξει ceteri διαμεμνῆσθαι Η (Pap?)
15 προτέρου F προερεσιν Pap: αἵρεσιν codd. μὲν om. Pap UF 15.
16 πρεσβύτερον UF
16 ἐπὶ γεωργίαν Pap UF: εἰς γ. ceteri
17 εοικοτα Pap
18 ἀσπάζεται — μόνος om. F γε μόνος] γενόμενος Pap
19 ἰδίω G τῶ θεῶ UF: τῷ om. ceteri προσέρχηται om. HP φησιν Pap

2. dam auctoritatc castigans, nomine Dei vocatus est, ad cuius similitudinem se perfectae virtiitis ubertate formaverat. (8.) . . . Deus enim neque defectionem aut diminutionem patitur neque adiectionem capit. unde et addidit Scriptura: quia nemo scit sepulturam eius usque in hodiernum diem, ut tianslationem magis quam interitum eius intellegas.
12 sqq. ibid. I 3,
11 Et factus est, inquit, Abel pastor ovium, Cain autem operabatur terram. Non est otiosum quod cum ante generatus sit Cain, ut lectio docet, praelatus sit hoc loco Abel nec idem sit ordo nominum, num, qui est ordo naturae. quid sibi vult mutatio ordinis, ut prius iunioris meminerit, ubi describitur vitae status operisquc usus?

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