Philo Judaeus, De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini, ed. Leopold Cohn, 69

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[69] θεοῦ τιμή. 19 Φαραὼ δὲ ὁ σκεδαστὴς τῶν καλῶν ἀχρόνων δυνάμεων φαντασίαν οὐχ οἷός τε ὢν δέξασθαι, τὰ ψυχῆς ὄμματα πεπηρωμένος,
οἷς μόνοις αἱ ἀσώματοι καταλαμβάνονται φύσεις, οὐδὲ ὠφεληθῆναι δι’ ἀχρόνων ὑπομένει, ἀλλὰ ταῖς ἀψύχοις δόξαις, λέγω δὲ „βατράχοις“, πιεσθεὶς ἦχον καὶ ψόφον ἔρημον καὶ κενὸν πραγμάτων ἀποτελούσαις, εἰπόντος Μωυσέως „τάξαι πρὸς μέ, πότε εὔξομαι περὶ σοῦ καὶ τῶν θεραπόντων σου, ἀφανίσαι τοὺς βατράχους“ (Exod. 8, 9), δέον ἐν
ἀνάγκαις σφοδραῖς ὄντα εἰπεῖν „εὐθὺς εὔχου“, ὑπερτίθεται λέγων „εἰς αὔριον“, ἵνα διὰ πάντων τὴν ὁμαλότητα τῆς ἀθεότητος διαφυλάξῃ. ¹² τοῦτο σχεδὸν ἅπασι παρακολουθεῖ τοῖς ἐπαμφοτερισταῖς,

De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini. Philo Judaeus. ed. Leopold Cohn. Germany. 2014.

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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.) — 69 focus

But Pharaoh, the squanderer of all things, not being able himself to receive the conception of virtues unconnected with time, inasmuch as he was mutilated as to the eyes of his soul, by which alone incorporeal natures are comprehended, would not endure to be benefited by virtues unconnected with time; but being weighed down by soulless opinions, I mean here by the frogs, animals which utter a sound and noise wholly void and destitute of reality, when Moses says, "appoint a time to me when I may pray for you and for your servants that God will make the frogs to disappear," ¹ though he ought, as he was in very imminent necessity, to have said, Pray this moment, nevertheless postponed it, saying, "Pray to-morrow," in order that he might in every case preserve the folly of his impiety.

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De sacrificiis Abelis et Caini

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1 ὑφέστηκεν Pap ἐνταῦθα Pap UF: ἐνθάδε ceteri
2 πανταχοῦ] πάντα Α
3 οὔ φησι γὰρ F ὧδε] ὅδε U, om. F
4 στήσομαι UF (Pap?): ἕστηκα ceteri καὶ ἔκει Pap: ἐκεῖ U, ὧδε ἐκεῖ F, κἀκεῖθι ceteri post ἕστηκα add. κἀκεῖ MAGHP
5 κἀκεῖθι F, καὶ κεῖθι U, κεῖθι Pap: om. ceteri ἀλλ’ οὐ Pap, ἀλλὰ οὐ U, ἀλλὰ καὶ οὐ F: ἀλλ’ om. ceteri 5.
6 ἀπολαμβάνειν UF
6 τῶν τόπων F τονικῇ] τὸ νικᾶν P
7 μειμυμενος Pap ἀμελητὶ UF
8 πάσης σπουδῆς transp. Η, πολλῆς σπουδῆς U τὰ om. UF ἔργων Pap ἐστιν Pap, κάλλιστόν ἐστιν transp. G
9 τοῦ θεοῦ G ο σκεδαστὴς τῶν κάλων Pap: ὁ et τῶν καλῶν om. codd. ἀχρόνων Pap UF: τῶν ἀχρόνων ceteri
10 ψυχῆς] τῆς ψυχῆς AHP
11 οὐδ’ AUF
12 δι’ ἀχρόνων U: διὰ χρόνων ceteri ὑπομένει Pap DF: ὑπέμεινεν ceteri
13 πιεσθεὶς Pap UFL2: βιασθεὶς ceteri ἔρημον] ἥμερον Pap ἀποτελούσης HP, ἀποτελοῦσιν v
14 Μώσεως Pap MG, Μωϋσέος AP εὔξωμαι Α, ἶνα εὔξωμαι H
15 σου om. Pap UF
16 ὁ δὲ add. ante ὑπερτίθεται Η
17 διὰ πάντων Pap F: διὰ παντὸς ceteri ὁμαλότητα Pap UFG: ἁπαλότητα ceteri

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9 sqq. ibid. I 9,33 At vero Pharao qui opinionibus vanis et inanibus studium impendebat suum, ranis repleta Aegypto sonum inanem rerum et strepitum vanum reddentibus, dicenti Moysi: Constitue mihi, quando pro te orem et pro famulis tuis et pro populo tuo, ut exterminet Dominus ranas, cum debuerit in tanta positus necessitate rogare, ut iam oraret nec differret, respondit: crastina die, otiosus et neglegens, morae poenam Aegypti soluturus excidio.

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