Philo Judaeus, De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini, ed. Leopold Cohn, 60

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[60] τὰ δὴ τρία μέτρα ταῦτα καλὸν ἐν ψυχῇ ὥσπερ φυραθῆναί τε καὶ συνενεχθῆναι, ἵνα πεισθεῖσα τὸν ἀνωτάτω εἶναι θεόν, ὃς ὑπερκέκυφε τὰς δυνάμεις ἑαυτοῦ καὶ χωρὶς αὐτῶν ὁρώμενος καὶ ἐν αὐταῖς ἐμφαινόμενος,
δέξηται χαρακτῆρας ἐξουσίας τε καὶ εὐεργεσίας αὐτοῦ καὶ τῶν τελείων μύστις γενομένη τελετῶν μηδενὶ προχείρως ἐκλαλῇ τὰ μυστήρια, ταμιευομένη δὲ αὐτὰ καὶ ἐχεμυθοῦσα ἐν ἀπορρήτῳ φυλάττῃ· γέγραπται γὰρ p. 174 „ἐγκρυφίας ποιεῖν“, ὅτι κεκρύφθαι δεῖ τὸν ἱερὸν περὶ τοῦ ἀγενήτου καὶ τῶν δυνάμεων αὐτοῦ μύστην λόγον, ἐπεὶ θείων παρακαταθήκην
¹² ὀργίων οὐ παντός ἐστι φυλάξαι.

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.) — 60 focus

[60] Now it is very good that these three measures should, as it were, be kneaded together in the soul, and mixed up together, in order that so the soul, being persuaded that the supreme being is God, who has raised his head above all his powers, and who is beheld independently of them, and who makes himself visible in them, may receive the characters of his power and beneficence, and becoming initiated into the perfect mysteries, may not be too ready to divulge the divine secrets to any one, but may treasure them up in herself, and keeping a check over her speech, may conceal them in silence; for the words of the scripture are, "To make secret cakes;" because the sacred and mystic statements about the one uncreated Being, and about his powers, ought to be kept secret; since it does not belong to every one to keep the deposit of divine mysteries properly.

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De sacrificiis Abelis et Caini

1.
1 αὖ] αὐτοῦ DF εἷς ὢν] εἰς ὃν UH1
2 ὧ Α
3 οὐδαμῶς] οὐδ’ ὣς DF ἀπερίγραφος γὰρ ὁ θεός om. MAGHPL1U ἀπόγραφος et απογραφοι Pap δὲ] γὰρ MGHPL1, om. Α
4 μεμέτρηκεν Pap δὲ] γὰρ F
5 ἀγαθῶν] ἀγίων DFL2 ἡ δ’ AF ὁ δ’ ADF
6 καὶ ante σωμάτων om. MAGHP δι’ ὂν Pap: δι’ ὧν DF, διὸ ceteri
7 παραπηγμάτων Pap F: παραταγμάτων U, παραγγελμάτων ceteri λαβοῦσα Α μεθ’ αὐτὰς Pap F: μετ’ αὐτὰ D, μετὰ ταύτας ceteri ἐσταθμίσαντο MF
8 δὴ Pap: δὲ DF, μὲν δὴ ceteri μέρη FL2 φυρανθηναι Pap, εὐφρανθῆναι DF συνενεγχθῆναι v
9 πεισθεῖσα] τυπωθεῖσα Pap UFL2 τὸν ἀνωτάτω] τὸν κατὰ τὸ Pap DF ὃς ὑπερκέκυφε] ὅσονπερ κεκάλυφε DF
10 ἑαυτοῦ Pap DF: αὐτοῦ ceteri αὐταῖς Pap DF: ταύταις ceteri ενφραινομενος Pap
12 μύστης G μυστήρια Pap DF: θεῖα μυστήρια ceteri
13 δ’ MAGHP
14 ἀγενήτου Pap F: ἀγεννήτου ceteri
15 λόγων Pap ἐπεὶ θείων] ἐπιθύων Α

2. 3—4 ibid.I 8,30 ... tres mensuras offert similaginis; nam etsi immensus Deus, mensiiram omnium tenet.
14 Cletn. Alex. Strom. V 694 P. . . . καὶ μή τι τοῦτ’ ἦν ὃ ᾐνίσσετο ὁ προφήτης, ἐγκρυφίας κελεύων ποιεῖν ἀζύμους, μηνύων ὅτι τὸν ἱερὸν ὡς ἀληθῶς περὶ τοῦ ἀγενήτου καὶ τῶν δυνάμεων αὐτοῦ μύστην λόγον ἐπικεκρύφθαι δεῖ. Amhros. de Abrah.
1 5,38 Consperge, inquit, tres mensuras similaginis et fac subcinericia. graece ἐγκρύφια dicuntur, hoc est abscondita, eo quod latere debeat omne mysterium et quasi operiri fido silentio, ne profanis temere divulgetur auribus. Idem de Cain et Ahel
1 9,35 Est etiam illa commendandae orationis et voti disciplina, ut non divulgemus orationem, sed abscoudita teneamus mysteria, sicut tenuit Abrahaui, qui subcinericia fecit. tenuerunt et patres qui coxere conspersum quod extulerant de Aegypto, subciuericia facientes azyma, quae graece ἐγκρύφια dicuntur, eo quod abscondantur in cinere . . ., mysteriorum quoque innuentes premendam esse doctrinam.

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