Philo Judaeus, De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini, ed. Leopold Cohn, 77

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[77] 22 οὗ χάριν καὶ δι’ ἑτέρων φησίν· „ἀπὸ προσώπου πολιοῦ ἐξαναστήσῃ, καὶ τιμήσεις πρόσωπον πρεσβυτέρου“ (Lev. 19, 32), ὡς παμμεγέθους διαφορᾶς οὔσης· πολιὸς μὲν γὰρ ὁ μηδὲν ἐνεργῶν ἐστι χρόνος, ¹ ἀφ’ οὗ μετανίστασθαι καὶ ἀποδιδράσκειν δεῖ τὴν μυρίους ἀπατῶσαν ἐκκλίνοντας ὑπόληψιν, ὡς ἄρα τι ποιεῖν οὗτος πέφυκε· πρεσβύτερος δὲ ὁ τιμῆς καὶ γέρως καὶ πρεσβείων ἐπάξιος ὤν, ὃν Μωυσῇ τῷ θεοφιλεῖ δοκιμάζειν ἐπιτέτραπται· „οὓς γὰρ σὺ οἶδας,“ φησίν „οὗτοί εἰσι πρεσβύτεροι“ (Num. 11, 16), ὡς ἂν μηδεμίαν ἀποδεχομένου νεωτεροποιίαν,
ἀλλὰ πρεσβυτέρων καὶ τῆς ἀνωτάτω τιμῆς ἀξίων δογμάτων εἰωθότος ἐρᾶν.

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.) — 77 focus

On which account he says in another place, "Thou shalt rise up from before a hoary head, and thou shalt honour the face of an elder." ¹ As if the difference were very great. For what is hoary is that time which energizes not at all, from which one ought to rise up, and depart, and flee, avoiding that idea which deceives tens of thousands, that time has a natural capacity of doing something. But by an elder is meant one who is worthy of honour, and respect, and of pre-eminence, the examination of whom is committed to Moses, the friend of God. "For those whom thou knowest," says God to Moses, "they are the elders." ² As he was a man who admitted no innovations of any kind, but was by custom attached to his elders, and to those who were worthy of the highest honours. ³⁴

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De sacrificiis Abelis et Caini

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1 τέμνεται U τὸν γὰρ F τούτοις UF (Pap ?): αὐτοῖς ceteri φθόγγων] φθόνον F ἑαυτὸν HP
2 ἑτέρου] ἑτέραν Η, οἰκείαν Α, ἑτέρων coni. Markland οἰκείωται MA
3 ἃ] η Pap
4 καθ’ αὑτὰ φωνεῖται Pap UF: καθ’ ἑαυτὰ ἐκφωνεῖται ceteri
5 γὰρ Pap UF: δὲ ceteri τε καὶ λογικὰς om. HP καὶ νοητὰς om. Mang., καὶ νοητικὰς Turn.
6 τείνασα] τινας Pap
7 καὶ κοινωνία G κοινωνία συμφωνίας (om. καὶ) H
8 ἐφ’ ἁπάσαις Pap UF: ἐπὶ πάσαις ceteri 8.
9 εὐδαιμονίζοιτο Pap FL2: εὐδαιμονίζοντο U, εὐδαιμονίζει Η, εὐδαιμονίζοι ceteri
9 ἄν τῆ ἐάνπερ G προσφερηι Pap πρωτογενημάτων MGP
10 οὕτως Pap F: οὕτω ceteri
11 πεφυρμένα Pap χέδρα M, χίεδρα Α, χλιαρὰ FL2 ἐρικτά Pap MAF: ἐρεικτά ceteri
12 μὲν Pap UF: μὲν οὑν ceteri διὰ τόδε Pap UFL2: τόδε om. ceteri γέροντα Pap UF: γηραιὸν ceteri θυμώδη GL1
13 ἀσπαζόμενος F μὴ] ἡ μὴ MAH, ἣ μὴ GP
14 ἐκδιδάσκειν U ἀνηβῶντα Pap UF: ἡβῶντα ceteri
15 παλαιαῖς] πολιαῖς Pap
16 τῶν θνητῶν Mang., τοῦ θνητοῦ γένους coni. παραδέδωκεν Pap
17 ἀγήρω νέου Pap UFL-: γενναίου MAGP, γενέου HL1, ἀγήρω καὶ νέου V νέου seclusi
18 ἐκδιδάσκοντες G
19 παραλελυθος Pap γινόμενόν τε Pap UF : τε om. ceteri ὑφεστηκώς FH corr. 20.
21 ἐξαναστήσῃ Pap UF: ἀναστήση ceteri

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