Philo Judaeus, De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini, ed. Leopold Cohn, 128

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[128] 38 ἄξιον δὲ μὴ παρέργως σκέψασθαι, τί δή ποτε τὰς πόλεις τῶν Λευιτῶν ἀνῆκε τοῖς φυγάσι, τοῖς ἱερωτάτοις τοὺς ἀνιέρους εἶναι δοκοῦντας συνοικεῖν ἀξιώσας· οὗτοι δ’ εἰσὶν οἱ τὸν ἀκούσιον φόνον ¹² δράσαντες. λεκτέον οὖν πρῶτον μὲν τἀκόλουθον τῷ πάλαι λεχθέντι, ὅτι ὁ σπουδαῖος τοῦ φαύλου λύτρον, ὥστ’ εἰκότως πρὸς τοὺς ἱερωμένους οἱ διαμαρτάνοντες ἀφίξονται τοῦ καθαρθῆναι χάριν· ἔπειθ’ ὅτι φυγάδας οἱ Λευῖται προσίενται καὶ αὐτοὶ δυνάμει φυγάδες ὄντες·

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.) — 128 focus

But it is worth while to consider, in no passing manner, why he granted the cities of the Levites to fugitives, thinking it right that even these, who appear entirely impious, should dwell with the most holy of men. Now these fugitives are they who have committed, unintentionally, homicide. First of all, therefore, we must repeat what is consistent with what has been already said, that the good man is the ransom of the worthless one, so that they who have sinned will naturally come to those who have been hallowed, for the sake of being purified; and, in the second place, we must consider that the Levites admit the fugitives because they themselves are potentially fugitives;

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De sacrificiis Abelis et Caini

1.
1 δένδρον F
2 ἀποβάλλοντι UF: ἀποβαλόντι ceteri 3.
4 ἐχυρώτατον Pap MAG: ὀχυρώτατον ceteri
4 οὕτως Pap UF: οὕτω ceteri
5 ἡμῶν — ἵδρυσιν (6) om. F G καὶ ἐπιστήμης om. Η
8 ταύτης F λυτρατας Pap, λυτρώσας UF
9 θεὸς G
10 ἀκινήτου GP
11 λυτρώσας UF
12 φησιν Pap γείνεσθαι Pap, γίνεσθαι UF: γενέσθαι ceteri
13 θνητὸν] κινητὸν coni. Markland
14 χάριτι του εὐεργέτου ὂν κλῆρον ἔλαχεν βεβαιουμενης Pap: διὰ τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ θεραπείαν ἐπιγινομένης codd.
16 ἀνῆκε] ἄν καὶ UF τοὺς ἀνιέρους] καὶ ἀνιέροις U, καὶ τοὺς ἀνιέρους Mang.

2.
3 sqq. ibid. . . . sicut ergo urbs tota solidatur atque urgetur coetu sapientium, . . . ita sermo gravis et quidem senilis plenus prudentiae stabiiire uniuscuiusque animam et contirmare mentem solet. iam si accedat multarum lectionum usus, . . . perpetuum urbis eius quae in singulorum est praecordiis statum efficit.
7 sqq. ibid. II 4,
13 Ideo ergo primogenitos et redemptores ceterorum Levitas Moyses appellavit. . . . unde et civitates Levitarum in veteri Testamento redemptrices significavit Moyses, quia is qui confugit ad eam animam, in qua habitat Dei verbum, quae urbis modo munita atque vallata sit, perpetuam libertatem acquirit sibi.
15 sqq. ibid. §
14 Nec absurdum putes quod facinorosi cohabitant piis ac maculosi sacratis; opus enim habent purificari qui aliquo polluti sunt delictorum contagio. et quodammodo diverso genere causa concurrit: sicut enim Levites mundanis voluptatibus abdicatus exul est culpae, ita sanguinis reus fugitivus est patriae. sed hoc interest, quod iste necessitate suos deserit propter metum legis, minister autem Dei humanarum consortiis renuntiat passionum . . . propter studia virtutis.

Philo Judaeus De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini 128

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