Philo Judaeus, De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini, ed. Leopold Cohn, 120

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[120] πόνου μὲν γὰρ καὶ προκοπῆς, ὧν Ἰακὼβ σύμβολον, τὸ εὐφυὲς ἀρχή, καθ’ ὃ Ῥουβὴν καλεῖται, θεωρίας δὲ τῆς τοῦ μόνου σοφοῦ, καθ’ ἣν Ἰσραὴλ τέτακται, πηγὴ τὸ θεραπευτικῶς ἔχειν αὐτοῦ, θεραπείας δὲ ὁ Λευί ἐστι σημεῖον.
καθάπερ οὖν τῶν Ἠσαῦ προτοτοκίων κληρονόμος Ἰακὼβ ἀνευρίσκεται, p. 187 M. τῆς περὶ κακίαν σπουδῆς ἡττωμένης τοῦ πρὸς τὸ καλὸν πόνου, οὕτως καὶ τὰ Ῥουβὴν πρεσβεῖα τοῦ εὐφυοῦς ὁ κεχρημένος ἀρετῇ τελείᾳ Λευὶ οἴσεται· τῆς δὲ τελειότητος δεῖγμα ἐναργέστατον πρόσφυγα γενέσθαι ¹² θεοῦ καταλιπόντα τὴν τῶν ἐν γενέσει πραγματείαν.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

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.) — 120 focus

[120] For Jacob being the symbol of labour and improvement, is also the beginning of goodness of disposition, which is signified in Reuben: but the fountain of contemplation of the only wise being, according to which the name of Israel is given, is the principle of being inclined to minister to him; and of such ministry the Levite is the symbol. As therefore Jacob is found to be the inheritor of the birth-right of Esau, eagerness in wickedness having been defeated by virtuous labour, so also Levi, as one who devotes himself to perfect virtue, will carry off the honours of seniority from Reuben, the man of a good disposition. But the most undeniable proof of perfection is for a man to be a fugitive to God, having abandoned all concern for the things of creation.

Notes on the current edition

De sacrificiis Abelis et Caini

1. λύτρον UF
2 τῶν addidi
3 ἀντὶ — Ἰσραήλ (4) om. G
4 αὐτῶ F ἐμοὶ prius] μοι UF
5 ἐν ᾖ — πρωτότοκον (6) om. UF ἐν ηι ημερα Pap: ἐν ἡμέρα ᾗ codd.
6 ἐν om. UFGL 6.
7 καταφεύγων Η, καταφυγὼν P, πεφευγὼς Mang.
7 θεὸν Pap UF: τὸν θεὸν ceteri
8 τουτέστιν MH
9 ἠξίωσεν Pap
10 ἐνθάδε Pap Ρουβην Pap: Ῥουβὶν MG, Ῥουβὶμ APUF, Ῥουββὶμ H
11 Λευις Pap Ἰσραὴλ] Ἰακὼβ Α
12 ἀξιώματα M δυνάμενος Pap
13 ὧν scripsi: ὢν codd. ὁ Ἰακὼβ UF τὸ εὐφυὲς Pap UF: τοῦ εὐφυοῦς ceteri ἄρχει MAG καθ’ ὃν MGHP Ρουβην Pap: Ῥουβὶν M, Ῥουβὶμ ceteri, ὁ Ῥουβὶν v
14 καλειται Pap: νοεῖται codd.
15 τὸ] τοῦ G δ’ UF Λευις Pap, Λευί UF: Λευίτης ceteri ἐστιν Pap
16 τῶ U
17 κακίας HP κακιασπουδης Pap τοῦ—πόνου πόνου] πρὸς τοῦ καλοῦ πόνου H
18 Ῥουβὶν MHP, Ῥουβὶμ AGUF Λευις Pap
19 δὲ om. UF ἐναργέστατον UF: ἐναργέστερον ceteri (Pap ?)

2.
2 sqq. Ambros. l. l. 112,7 ... scriptum est in Numeris: Ecce tuli Levitas de medio filiorum Israel pro omni primogenito qui aperit vulvam a filiis Israel, et erunt mihi Levitae: mihi enim omne primitivum. in qua die percussi omne primogenitum Aegypti, sanctificavi omne primogenitum Israel. . . . tulit ergo Dominus Deus de medio populi Isracl Levitas, quia uon humanarum eos consortes voiuit esse curarum, sed divinae religionis ministros.

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