Philo Judaeus, De Posteritate Caini, ed. Paul Wendland, 48

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[48] ἡ δὲ ἑτέρα ἀπὸ ἰσχύος συνίσταται καρτερᾶς, ᾗ καὶ ἱλασμὸς ἕπεται κατὰ τὸν τῆς δεκάδος ἀριθμὸν τέλειον· προστέτακται γὰρ τὰς ψυχὰς ταπεινοῦν δεκάτῃ τοῦ μηνός (Lev. 23, 27), ὅπερ ἐστὶ μεγαλαυχίαν ἀποτίθεσθαι, ἧς ἡ ἀπόθεσις ἀδικημάτων ἑκουσίων καὶ ἀκουσίων ἐργάζεται παραίτησιν. ὁ μὲν οὖν οὕτως ταπεινὸς Λάμεχ ἔκγονος μέν
ἐστι Σήθ, πατὴρ δὲ τοῦ δικαίου Νῶε, ὁ δὲ ἐκείνως ἐκβλάστημα Κάιν.

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.) — 48 focus

[48] But the second kind of humiliation arises from the strength of perseverance, which is followed by propitiation, according to the perfect number of the decade; for the people are enjoined to humble their souls on the tenth day of the month, and this means to put away all high boasting, the putting away of which works the rejection of all offences, both voluntary and involuntary. Accordingly, the Lamech who is humbled in this sense, is the descendant of Seth, and the father of the just Noah; but he who is humbled in the former manner is the descendant of Cain.

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De Posteritate Caini

1.
2 αὐτοῦ U
3 ὡς secl. Mang.
4 γένεσι U
5 ἐπιγράφοντες scripsi: ἀναγράφοντες U
13 τῆς U, om. v
16 οἰκεῖος U (coni. Mang., οἶκος prave rettulit Mang. et Tisch.)
19 μὴν U (coni. Mang.): μὲν in textu Mang.
22 οἰδούσης non piane certum est, cum primae tres litterae paene oblitteratae sint
23 πολυτρόπου Mang.: πολυτρόφου U
24 εὔτονον] εὔοψον Holwerda
26 καρτερᾶς Otto: καρτερίας U, καὶ καρτερίας Mang.

Philo Judaeus De Posteritate Caini 48

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