Philo Judaeus, De Gigantibus, ed. Paul Wendland, 62

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[62] 14 ὁ γοῦν Ἀβραὰμ μέχρι μὲν διατρίβων ἦν ἐν τῇ Χαλδαίων γῇ τε ¹ καὶ δόξῃ, πρὶν μετονομασθῆναι, καλούμενος Ἀβρὰμ ἦν ἄνθρωπος οὐρανοῦ τήν τε μετάρσιον καὶ τὴν αἰθέριον φύσιν ἐρευνῶν καὶ τά τε συμβαίνοντα καὶ τὰς αἰτίας καὶ εἴ τι ἄλλο ὁμοιότροπον φιλοσοφῶν—οὗ χάριν καὶ προσρήσεως οἷς ἐπετήδευσεν ἔτυχεν οἰκείας· Ἀβρὰμ γὰρ ἑρμηνευθεὶς πατήρ ἐστι μετέωρος, ὄνομα τοῦ τὰ μετέωρα καὶ ἐπουράνια περισκοπουμένου
πάντα πάντῃ νοῦ πατρός, πατὴρ δὲ τοῦ συγκρίματος ὁ νοῦς ἐστιν ὁ ἄχρις αἰθέρος καὶ ἔτι περαιτέρω μηκυνόμενος —·

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.) — 62 focus

Accordingly, Abraham, as long as he was abiding in the land of the Chaldaeans, that is to say, in opinion, before he received his new name, and while he was still called Abram, was a man born of heaven, investigating the sublime nature of things on high, and all that took place in these regions, and the causes of them, and studying everything of that kind in the true spirit of philosophy; on which account he received an appellation corresponding to the pursuits to which he devoted himself: for the name Abram, being interpreted, signifies the sublime father, and is a name very fitting for the paternal mind, which in every direction contemplates sublime and heavenly things: for the mind is the father of our composite being, reaching as high as the sky and even farther.

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De gigantibus

1.
1 ἰσοχρόνους U
2 καὶ om. UHP
3 γένει ὅλῳ HP
4 ὅτι om. HP
5 ἔχοντας ἴσους U
6 τὰς δυνάμεις Η 2, λύσεις U τῶν] τὸν Η 6.
7 ἑκατὸν καὶ εἴκοσιν U παντὸς ἐξέτασιν βίου U πάντως Η
2 8 αὐτῶν UH1P λέξομεν U
10 τις] ὅτι AP τὰ om. U τοῖς om. AU
12 καὶ] κἄν U τοῖς MAU: τῆς PH1, τοῖς τῆς H
2 παρ᾿ ὃ UH
13 εὐδοκίμους U: οὐ δοκίμους MA, δοκίμους PH1, τὰς δοκίμους H
2 14 ἑαυτὸν U τἀληθοῦς U
16 οὑν UH 2: om. ceteri περὶ γιγάντων οὐδέγα U
17 δὲ πάντως ἐκεῖνο U
18 θηρευτικοὶ codd.: θηρευταὶ Mang. „ex Mss.“ (??)
21 τῶν] τὸν Α Turn. ἁπάσας om. U
23 τε] δὲ U
24 αὑτόν H 2: αὐτόν ceteri
25 τῆς ἐν κόσμω U
27 καὶ add. Mang. σωμάτων ἰδέαις ὁ U
28 διατρίβων ἦν] διέτριβεν conicio ἦν om. Α

Philo Judaeus De Gigantibus 62

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