Philo Judaeus, De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini, ed. Leopold Cohn, 129

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[129] ὡς γὰρ ἐκεῖνοι τῶν πατρίδων ἐλαύνονται, οὕτως καὶ οὗτοι καταλελοίπασι τέκνα, γονεῖς,
ἀδελφούς, τὰ οἰκειότατα καὶ φίλτατα, ἵνα ἀντὶ θνητοῦ τὸν ἀθάνατον κλῆρον εὕρωνται· διαφέρουσι δὲ ὅτι ἐκείνοις μὲν ἀβούλητος ἡ φυγὴ δι’ ἔργον ἀκούσιον, τούτοις δὲ ὁ δρασμὸς ἑκούσιος δι’ ἔρωτα τῶν ἀρίστων, καὶ ὅτι τοῖς μὲν οἱ Λευῖται καταφυγή, τοῖς δὲ Λευίταις ὁ πάντων ἡγεμών ἐστιν, ἵν’ οἱ p. 189 M. μὲν ἀτελεῖς νόμον ἔχωσι τὸν ἱερὸν λόγον, οὗτοι δὲ τὸν ᾧ ἱερῶνται θεόν.

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.) — 129 focus

[129] for as they are driven away from their country, so these others also have left their children, their parents, their brethren, their nearest and dearest things, in order that they may receive an immortal inheritance instead of a mortal one. But they differ, because the flight of the one is involuntary, being caused by an unintentional action, but the flight of the others is voluntary, from a love of what is most excellent; and because the one have the Levites for a refuge; but the Levites have the Lord of all for their refuge, in order that those who are imperfect may have the sacred scriptures for their law; but that the others may have God for theirs, by whom they are hallowed.

Philo Judaeus De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini 129

ed. Leopold Cohn

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