Philo Judaeus De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini 50

ed. Leopold Cohn

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[50] ἄγαμαι καὶ τοῦ θεσμοφύλακος Μωυσέως, ὃς μέγα καὶ λαμπρὸν ἡγούμενος τὸ ποιμαίνειν
περιῆψεν ἑαυτῷ τὸ ἔργον· τῶν γὰρ τοῦ περιττοῦ Ἰοθὸρ ἐπιστατεῖ καὶ ἀφηγεῖται δογμάτων, ἄγων αὐτὰ ἀπὸ τῶν ὀχλικῶν τῆς πολιτείας σπουδασμάτων εἰς ἐρημίαν τοῦ μὴ ἀδικεῖν· „ἦγε γὰρ τὰ πρόβατα ὑπὸ τὴν ἔρημον“ (Exod. 3, 1).

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.) — 50 focus

[50] And I admire that guardian of the laws, Moses, who, thinking it a great and noble task to be a shepherd, has attributed that employment to himself; for he manages and conducts the doctrines of Jethro, leading them from the tumultuous vexations of political ¹ affairs into the desert, for the purpose of avoiding all temptation to injustice. "For he led the sheep into the wilderness." ²

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