Philo Judaeus De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini 83

ed. Leopold Cohn

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[83] οὕτως τὸ πάντων ἄριστον ἐσθημάτων ὁ λόγος ἁρμονίως συνυφαίνεται· καὶ γὰρ τὰ πέταλα τοῦ χρυσίου κατατέμνει ὁ νομοθέτης εἰς τρίχας, ὥστε συνυφῆναι τὰ οἰκεῖα ἐπιμόνως (Exod. 36, 10)· οὕτως
ὁ τιμιώτερος χρυσοῦ λόγος ποίκιλμα ὢν ἐκ μυρίων ἰδεῶν ἐπαινετῶς τελεσιουργεῖται, ὅταν ἄχρι τῶν λεπτοτάτων κεφαλαίων τμηθεὶς τρόπον τινὰ νήματος δέξηται καθάπερ κρόκην ἀποδείξεις ἐναρμονίους.

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.) — 83 focus

[83] And thus the most excellent of all branches of learning, speech, is harmoniously connected together. For the lawgiver cuts leaves of gold into thin hairs, so as to plait appropriate works of that material in a durable manner. And in like manner, speech, which is more precious than gold, is completed in a praiseworthy manner of innumerable varieties of ideas, when, being divided into the thinnest possible heads, after the fashion of a woven web, it receives an harmonious demonstration, like a work of the distaff.

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