Philo Judaeus, De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini, ed. Leopold Cohn, 62

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[62] παρό μοι δοκοῦσιν ὀρθῶς βεβουλεῦσθαι οἱ πρὸ τῶν μεγάλων τούτων τὰ μικρὰ μυστήρια μυηθέντες· „ἔπεψαν γὰρ τὸ σταῖς αὐτῶν, ὃ ἐξήνεγκαν ἐξ Αἰγύπτου, ἐγκρυφίας
ἀζύμους“ (Exod. 12, 39), τουτέστι τὸ ἀτίθασον καὶ ὠμὸν πάθος κατειργάσαντο ὥσπερ τροφὴν λόγῳ πεπαίνοντι, καὶ τὸν τρόπον τῆς πεπάνσεως καὶ βελτιώσεως ἔκ τινος θείας κατοκωχῆς γεγενημένον οὐκ ἐξελάλησαν, ἀλλὰ ἐν ἀποκρύφοις αὐτὸν ἐθησαυρίσαντο, οὐκ ἐπαρθέντες τῇ τελετῇ, ὑπενδόντες δὲ καὶ ταπεινωθέντες τὸ αὔχημα.

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.) — 62 focus

[62] In reference to which, those persons appear to me to have come to a right decision who have been initiated in the lesser mysteries before learning anything of these greater ones. "For they baked their flour which they brought out of Egypt, baking secret cakes of unleavened bread." ¹ That is to say, they dealt with the untameable and savage passions, softening them with reason as they would knead bread; for they did not divulge the manner of their kneading and improving it, as it was derived from some divine system of preparation; but they treasured it up in their secret stores, not being elated at the knowledge of the mystery, but yielding and being lowly as to their boasting.

Philo Judaeus De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini 62

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