Philo Judaeus, Quod Deus Sit Immutabilis, ed. Paul Wendland, 87

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[87] τοῦ μὲν οὖν προτέρου παράδειγμα ἐναργέστατον τὰ περὶ τῆς μεγάλης εὐχῆς (Num. 6, 2.) διατεταγμένα. ἔστι δὲ εὐχὴ μὲν αἴτησις ἀγαθῶν παρὰ θεοῦ, μεγάλη δὲ εὐχὴ τὸν θεὸν αἴτιον ἀγαθῶν αὐτὸν ἀφ’ ἑαυτοῦ νομίζειν μηδενὸς ἑτέρου τῶν εἰς τὸ δοκεῖν ὠφελεῖν συνεργοῦντος, μὴ γῆς ὡς καρποτόκου,
μὴ ὑετῶν ὡς σπέρματα καὶ φυτὰ συναυξόντων, μὴ ἀέρος ὡς τρέφειν ἱκανοῦ, μὴ γεωργίας ὡς φορᾶς αἰτίας, μὴ ἰατρικῆς ὡς ὑγείας, μὴ γάμου ὡς γενέσεως παίδων.

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.) — 87 focus

[87] Of the former species we have a conspicuous example afforded us in the injunctions given about the great vow. ¹ Now a vow is a request for good things from God; and the spirit of the great vow is to believe that God himself is the cause of good things from himself, without anyone else ever co-operating with him, of the things which may appear to be beneficial, neither the earth as fruitful, nor the rain as helping to promote the growth of seeds and plants, nor the air as calculated to nourish man, nor agriculture as the cause of production, nor the skill of the physician as the cause of health, nor marriage as the cause of the procreation of children:

Philo Judaeus Quod Deus Sit Immutabilis 87

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