Philo Judaeus De Posteritate Caini 38

ed. Paul Wendland

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[38] κἂν ἄρα τις γραφὴν ἀσεβείας ἐπενέγκῃ καθ’ ὑμῶν, ἀπολογούμενοι θαρρεῖτε φάσκοντες παρ’ ὑφηγητῇ καὶ διδασκάλῳ
πάνυ καλῷ πεπαιδεῦσθαι Κάιν, ὃς τὸ πλησίον πρὸ τοῦ μακρὰν αἰτίου παρῄνει τιμᾶν· ᾧ διά τε ἄλλα προσεκτέον καὶ μάλισθ’ ὅτι σαφέσιν ἔργοις τὴν τοῦ δόγματος ἰσχὺν ἐπεδείξατο νικήσας τὸν τῆς ἐναντίας δόξης εἰσηγητὴν Ἄβελ καὶ ἅμ’ αὐτῷ καὶ τὴν δόξαν ἐκποδὼν ἀνελών.

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.) — 38 focus

[38] and if any one accuses you of impiety, make your defence with a good courage, saying that you have been brought up very admirably by your guide and teacher, Cain, who recommended you to honour the powers that are nearest in preference to that cause which was afar off, to whom you ought to attend for many other reasons, and most especially because he showed the power of his doctrine by very evident works, having conquered Abel the expounder of the opposite doctrine, and having removed and destroyed his doctrine as well as himself.

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