Philo Judaeus, De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini, ed. Leopold Cohn, 131

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[131] τὰς αὐτὰς πράξεις ἐργασάμενοι. 39 ᾄδεται δέ τις καὶ τοιοῦτος ἐν
ἀπορρήτοις λόγος, ὃν ἀκοαῖς πρεσβυτέρων παρακατατίθεσθαι χρὴ νεωτέρων ὦτα ἐπιφράξαντας. τῶν γὰρ περὶ τὸν θεὸν δυνάμεων ¹² ἀρίστων πασῶν μία οὖσα ταῖς ἄλλαις ἰσότιμος ἡ νομοθετικὴ — νομοθέτης γὰρ καὶ "πηγὴ νόμων αὐτός, ἀφ’ οὗ πάντες οἱ κατὰ μέρος νομοθέται — διχῆ πέφυκε τέμνεσθαι, τῇ μὲν εἰς εὐεργεσίαν κατορθούντων, τῇ δὲ εἰς κόλασιν ἁμαρτανόντων.

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.) — 131 focus

There is also another opinion bruited about, as something of a secret, which it is right to lay up in the ears of the elders, not divulging it to the younger men; for of all the most excellent powers which exist in God, there is one equal to the others in honour, that is the legislative one (for he himself is a lawgiver and the fountain of all laws, and all particular lawgivers are subordinate to him), and this legislative power is divided in a twofold division, the one having reference to the rewarding of those who do well, and the other to the punishment of those who have sinned;

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De sacrificiis Abelis et Caini

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1 τὸ ἀκόλουθον U πάλαι Pap U: πρώτω ceteri λεχθεντι Pap: ῥηθέντι codd.
2 ὁ om. HP1 ὥστε HP
3 διαμαρτάνοντες Pap: διαμαρτόντες codd. φυγάδες Pap
4 προίενται Pap ὡς] ὥσπερ UF
5 οὕτως Pap UF: οὕτω ceteri
6 ἵνα Pap UF: ἵν’ ceteri
7 ἀβουλήτως U
8 ’δε Pap: om. Α, δ’ ceteri
9 ἐστιν] εἶναι Pap
10 νόμον] ἡγεμόνα coni. Mang. ἔχωσιν Pap τὸν ᾦ] τῶ νῶ F ἱερῶνται codd. et Pap : ἱεροῦνται v
12 ἔλαχεν Pap ὅτι] οὗτοι Α οὗτοι] αὐτοὶ Pap
13 ὅτι U γ’ οὖν MU
14 αὐτοκλέατοι (sic) U
16 καὶ προφήτην om. ’
17 ἐπολέμουν scripsi (ἐπολέμησαν Wendl.): πολεμοῦσι codd.
19 ὥστε Pap εἰ καὶ M: ἡ καὶ UF, εἰ om. ceteri μὴ om. UF
20 aute ἐν add. ὡς L
21 λόγοις G
22 τὸν eras. Η

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22 sqq. ibid. §
15 Accedit eo quod duo quaedam in Deo principalia sunt genera virtutum, unum quo remittit, aliud quo vindicat. remittuntur peccata per Dei verbum, cuius Levites interpres et quidem exsecutor est; remittuntur etiam per oflicium sacerdotis sacrumque ministerium. . . . nec is quidem qui invitus aliquod fecerit homicidium extra

Philo Judaeus De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini 131

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