Philo Judaeus, De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini, ed. Leopold Cohn, 54

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[54] τῶν δὲ μὴ κατορθούντων ἐν τούτῳ οἱ μὲν διὰ λήθην ὧν εὖ πεπόνθασι μεγάλου κτήματος εὐχαριστίας ἐσφάλησαν, οἱ δὲ ὑπὸ σφοδρᾶς οἰήσεως ἑαυτοὺς ¹² τῶν συμβεβηκότων ἀγαθῶν αἰτίους ἐνόμισαν, ἀλλ’ οὐ τὸ ὄντως αἴτιον, τρίτοι δ’ εἰσὶν οἳ τούτων μὲν κουφότερον ἁμάρτημα τῶν δὲ προτέρων βαρύτερον δρῶσιν· ἀναγράφοντες γὰρ αἴτιον τῶν καλῶν τὸν ἡγεμόνα νοῦν φασιν εἰκότως τυχεῖν αὐτῶν, εἶναι γὰρ φρόνιμοι καὶ ἀνδρεῖοι καὶ σώφρονες καὶ δίκαιοι, ὥστε ἄξιοι διὰ ταῦτα καὶ παρὰ θεῷ χαρίτων

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.) — 54 focus

[54] and of those who do not act rightly in this particular, some through forgetfulness of the benefits which they have received, have failed in that great and beautiful virtue of thankfulness, and others form an excessive conceit, have looked upon themselves as the authors of the good ¹²³⁴⁵ things which have befallen them, and have not attributed them to him, who is really the cause of them. A third class are they who commit an offence slighter indeed than the fault of these latter, but more serious than that of the first mentioned, for though they confess that the supreme Ruler is the cause of the good that has befallen them, they still say that they deserved to receive it, for that they are prudent, and courageous, and temperate, and just, so that they may well on these accounts be esteemed by God to be worthy of his favours.

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De sacrificiis Abelis et Caini

1.
1 ἤνεγκεν Pap τῶν καρπῶν Pap UF: τοῦ καρποῦ ceteri
2 θυσίαν Pap DF: δῶρον ceteri κυρίῳ] θεῶ UF
3 ἄλλα οὐκ Pap, ἀλλὰ μὴ UF θεῶ Pap U: τῶ θεῶ ceteri
4 σύνθετον] συνέθεντο MAPH1, συνέθετο G
5 πρωτογενήματα ’ αἰτίων F ἐρευνήσομεν G
6 προτέραν γε codd. et Pap: πρότερόν γε v τὴν προτέραν om. Α δεῖ Pap UFL2: ἀεὶ ceteri
7 μέλησιν UF
8 δ’ Α
9 μὴ χρονίσῃς scripsi: μὴ χρονίσαι Pap DF, οὐ χρονίσεις ceteri κροτήσεις A)
11 θεοῦ Pap UF: τοῦ θεοῦ ceteri post θεοῦ Mang. lacunam statuit ex Ambrosio supplendam τυχόντα Pap UF: ἐπιτυχόντα ceteri
12 καὶ μὴ ἑαυτόν MAP ἀχρόνως] εὐτόνως G ἀμελητὶ UFP
13 πεπόνθασιν Pap μεγάλου Pap UF: μεγάλου καλοῦ MAGH, μεγάλου κακοῦ P, μεγάλου καὶ καλοῦ Mang.
14 οἱ δ’ ἀπὸ DF αὐτοὺς F

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1 sqq. ibid. I 7,25 Et factum est post dies, obtulit Cain ex fructibus terrae munus Domino. Duplex culpa, uua quod post dies obtulit, altera quod ex fructibus, non ex primis fructibus. sacrificium autem et celeritate coramendatur et gratia. unde praeceptum est: si voveris votum, non facias moram reddere illud. melius est enim non vovere votum quam vovere et non reddere; cum enim moram facis, non reddis. votura est autem postulatio bonorum a Deo cum solvendi muneris promissione. et ideo cum impetraveris quod petisti, ingrati est tardare promissum. sed interdum aut neglegentibus irrepit oblivio impetratorum aut tumidis et elatis arrogare eventus sibi: hebetjs cordis est et bonum quod agit vel quod a Deo consequitur propriis virtutibus vindicare nec auctoris deputare gratiae, sed ipsum se suorum bonorum auctorem ducere. tertium genus est peccati quidem minoris sed supparis arrogantiae, eorum scilicet qui datorem bonorum Deum non negant, sed quae acciderint ea sibi propter prudentiam suam ceterarumque merita virtutum iure delata arbitrantur, propterea etiam divina dignos habitos gratia, quod nequaquam viderentur indigni quibus talia divinis beneficiis provenirent.

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