Philo Judaeus, De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini, ed. Leopold Cohn, 74

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[74] αἱ δὲ ἀπαρχαὶ λόγος ἐστὶν ἐκ διανοίας ἀληθοῦς ἀναπεμπόμενος εὐχαριστητικός· τέμνε δὲ αὐτὸν κατὰ τὰς οἰκείας τομάς, ὅνπερ τρόπον ἡ λύρα καὶ τὰ ἄλλα ¹² μουσικῆς ὄργανα τέτμηται· τῶν γὰρ ἐν τούτοις φθόγγων καὶ καθ’ αὑτὸν ἕκαστος ἥρμοσται καὶ πρὸς τὴν ἑτέρου συμφωνίαν μάλιστα ᾠκείωται καθάπερ καὶ τῶν ἐν γραμματικῇ στοιχείων τὰ λεγόμενα φωνήεντα, ἃ καὶ καθ’ αὑτὰ φωνεῖται καὶ σὺν ἑτέροις ὁλόκληρον ἀποτελεῖ φωνήν.

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.) — 74 focus

[74] It is right therefore to offer the first fruits of these things: and the first fruits are the language of gratitude sent up from sincere truth of mind. And this language divides itself according to appropriate divisions in the same manner as the lyre and the other musical instruments are divided. For in each of those instruments each sound is by itself harmonious, and also exceedingly adapted to making a ¹ symphony with the rest. As in grammar also those of the elements which are called vowels are both capable of being uttered by themselves, and they also make a complete sound in conjunction with other letters.

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De sacrificiis Abelis et Caini

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1 ἔγκλημα] ὄνομα U
2 τὸ δ’ ἕτερον UF (Pap?): τὸ δὲ δεύτερον ceteri
4 δευτέροις UF
5 ἀμείβη UF
6 τετιμήκασι UF (Pap?): προτετιμήκασι ceteri 7.
8 πρωτογενημάτων MHP
8 τῆς γῆς om. Pap εἰσφέροιμεν H, εἰσφέρειν μὲν P, εἰσφέρωσιν (?) Pap εἰς — ἐπιγράφωμεν (9) om. UF κυρίου om. HP
9 μή γε ἑαυτοῖς P, μὴ ἑαυτοῖς γε Α ἐπιγράφομεν Pap
10 κινημάτων] γεννημάτων coni. Mang.
1 1 πρῶτα τῆ τάξει transp. UF τοιαῦτ’ U οἷς] ὧν UFL2
13 ἁφὴ ὄσφρησις transp. F
14 κινήσεις αὐτῶν Pap UFL2: αὐτῶν om. ceteri ’δε Pap: δ’ codd.
15 τὰ ante κατορθώματα om. Pap αἱ ἀρεταὶ — πράξεις] ἆ διαιρεῖται ἑκατέρων τὰς πράξεις UF
16 ἀπὸ] αὐτῷ Turn. ἄρχεσθαι MAHP δ’ UF
17 ἀληθείας Α εὐχαριστητικός Pap M: εὐχαριστικός ceteri τέμνε Pap: τέμνει codd.
18 αὐτὸ UF ὅνπερ] ὂν πέρι Pap ἡ om. HL1 τὰ ἄλλα τὰ UF, Μᾶ om. HL1

2.
1 sqq. ihid. §41 Concluso ergo illo et convicto Cain crimine, aliud oblationis vitium discutiamus. obtulit, inquit, ex fructibus terrae, non a primis fructibus, primitias (leg. munus?) Deo: hoc est primitias sibi prius vindicare, Deo autem sequentia deferre. itaque cum vere anima corpori tamquam servo domina sit praeferenda, utique primitias eius, hoc est animae, prius quam corporis offerre debemus. llsqq. ibid. ... primitiae animae primatus sunt bonarum disciplinarum; quae licet tempore posteriores sint quam corporis primitiae, quae sunt esca incrementum visus auditus et tactus odor vox mens . . ., dignitate tamen priores suut quarum primitiva est puro corde et simplici sermone oblata Deo gratiarum actio.

Philo Judaeus De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini 74

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