Philo Judaeus, De Gigantibus, ed. Paul Wendland, 16

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[16] 4 ψυχὰς οὖν καὶ δαίμονας καὶ ἀγγέλους ὀνόματα μὲν διαφέροντα, ἓν δὲ καὶ ταὐτὸν ὑποκείμενον διανοηθεὶς ἄχθος βαρύτατον ἀποθήσῃ δεισιδαιμονίαν.
¹² ὥσπερ γὰρ ἀγαθοὺς δαίμονας καὶ κακοὺς λέγουσιν οἱ πολλοὶ καὶ ψυχὰς ὁμοίως, οὕτως καὶ ἀγγέλους τοὺς μὲν τῆς προσρήσεως ἀξίους πρεσβευτάς τινας ἀνθρώπων πρὸς θεὸν καὶ θεοῦ πρὸς ἀνθρώπους ἱεροὺς καὶ ἀσύλους διὰ τὴν ἀνυπαίτιον καὶ παγκάλην ταύτην ὑπηρεσίαν, τοὺς δ’
ἔμπαλιν ἀνιέρους καὶ ἀναξίους τῆς προσρήσεως καὶ αὐτὸς ὑπολαμβάνων οὐχ ἁμαρτήσει.

De Gigantibus. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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

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

If, therefore, you consider that souls, and demons, and angels are things differing indeed in name, but one and identical in reality, you will then be able to discard that most heavy burden, superstition. But as men in general speak of good and evil demons, and in like manner of good and evil souls, so also do they speak of angels, looking upon some as worthy of a good appellation, and calling them ambassadors of man to God, and of God to man, and sacred and holy on account of this blameless and most excellent office; others, again, you will not err if you look upon as unholy and unworthy of any address.

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De gigantibus

1.
1 φίλε U
2 post λαβὼν add. ἀθανάτου ψυχάς U
3 τὰ σώματα Α
4 ἠξιώθησαν U ταύταις codd.: αἷς Mang.
5 περιεχομέναις UH2: περιεχομέναις αἷς MAH1P
6 ἐπιστασίαν scripsi: ἐπίστασιν MAUP, σύστασιν Η
7 ποτὲ MAUE: τοτὲ HP δεινῆς U
8 ποτὲ MAUPE: τοτὲ Η
9 ὥρμησαν MAH1P: ὡρμήθησαν UH2E ἀνέπτησαν E: ἀπέπτησαν ceteri
10 ἀνόθως Mang.: ἄνωθέν πως MAHP, ἄνωθεν εὐσθενῶς UE
11 τὸν] τῶν Α ἀποθνήσκει Α
12 ἀγενήτω Hbr: ἀγεννήτω ceteri
13 καταποντωθεῖσαι MAHP: καταποθεῖσαι UE, καταποντισθεῖσαι L
14 πνεύμασιν Η οὐδεὶς τὸ U 14.
15 τὸ — ἡμῖν om. Ε
15 τῶν ἐν ἡμῖν om. U δ’ U
16 ψυχρότερα Α
17 ὑπὸ MAHE: ἀπὸ UP
18 τὰ om. HP
19 οὑν δαίμονας HP ὀνόματι μὲν διαφέροντας E
20 ἀποθήση Η: ἀποθήσει MAP, ἀποθήσεις UE

2.
2 sqq. Origenes Contra Celsum V
55 p. 620: καὶ τῶν πρὸ ἡμῶν τις ταῦτα ἀνήγαγεν εἰς τὸν περὶ ψυχῶν λόγον ἐν ἐπιθυμία γενομένων τοῦ ἐν σώματι ἀνθρώπων βίου, ἅπερ (leg. ὅνπερ) τροπολογῶν ἔφασκε λελέχθαι θυγατέρας ἀνθρώπων. Comment. in loannem VI 25 p. 142: ἥντινα κατάβασιν αἰνίσσεσθαί τινες ὑπειλήφασι τὴν τῶν ψυχῶν κάθοδον ἐπὶ τὰ σώ· μάτα, θυγατέρας ἀνθρώπων τροπικώτερον τὸ γήινον σκῆνος λέγεσθαι ὑπειληφότες.
6 — 45,
8 ἐκεῖναι δ’ ὥσπερ — ἀγγέλων πονηρῶν exstaut iu Epitome Περὶ κόσμου (= E) cap. 3, II p. 604,38 — 605,26 M. consensum codicum, non editionum lectiones adnotavi.
16 cf. Aristot. fr. 60.

Philo Judaeus De Gigantibus 16

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