Philo Judaeus De Posteritate Caini 16

ed. Paul Wendland

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[16] δοκεῖ δέ μοι καὶ πρὶν ἄρξασθαι τῆσδε τῆς σκέψεως ὁ ἱεροφάντης τὸ μέγιστον αὐτῆς κατανοῆσαι,
ἐξ ὧν αὐτὸν ἱκετεύει τὸν ὄντα μηνυτὴν καὶ ὑφηγητὴν τῆς ἑαυτοῦ φύσεως γενέσθαι. λέγει γάρ· "ἐμφάνισόν μοι σεαυτόν“ (Exod. 33,13), ἐναργέστατα διὰ τούτου παριστὰς ὅτι τῶν γεγονότων ἱκανὸς οὐδὲ εἷς ἐξ

De Posteritate Caini. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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De Posteritate Caini (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 2. Wendland, Paul, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1897.)

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On the Posterity of Cain First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 16 focus

[16] And it appears to me that the great hierophant had attained to the comprehension of the most important point in this investigation before he commenced it, when he entreated God to become ¹²³ the exhibitor and expounder of his own nature to him, ⁴ for he says, "Show me thyself;" showing very plainly by this expression that no created being is competent by himself to learn the nature of God in his essence.

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