Philo Judaeus, Quod Deus Sit Immutabilis, ed. Paul Wendland, 60

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[60] εἰσαγόντων τὸ θεῖον. 13 τίνος οὖν ἕνεκα Μωυσῆς βάσεις, χεῖρας, εἰσόδους, p. 282 M. ἐξόδους φησὶν εἶναι μερὶ τὸ ἀγένητον, τίνος δὲ χάριν ὅπλισιν τὴν πρὸς ἐχθρῶν ἄμυναν; ξιφηφοροῦντα γὰρ εἰσάγει καὶ βέλεσι χρώμενον καὶ πνεύμασι καὶ φθοροποιῷ πυρί — καταιγίδα καὶ κεραυνὸν ἑτέροις
ὀνόμασι ταῦτα ποιηταὶ προσαγορεύοντες ὅπλα τοῦ αἰτίου φασὶν εἶναι —, πρὸς δὲ ἔτι ζῆλον, θυμόν, ὀργάς, ὅσα τούτοις ὅμοια ἀνθρωπολογῶν διεξέρχεται;

Quod Deus Sit Immutabilis. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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Quod Deus Sit Immutabilis (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 2. Wendland, Paul, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1897.)

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On the Unchangeableness of God First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 60 focus

Why, then, does Moses speak of the Uncreate as having feet and hands, and as coming in and as going out? And why does he speak of him as clothed in armour for the purpose of repelling his enemies? For he does speak of him as girding himself with a sword, and as using arrows, and winds, and destructive fire. And the poets say that the whirlwind and the thunderbolt, mentioning them under other names, are the weapons of the Cause of all things. Moreover, speaking of him as they would of men, they add jealousy, anger, passion, and other feelings like these. But to those who ask questions on these subjects, one may answer,

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