Philo Judaeus, De Agricultura, ed. Paul Wendland, 43

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[43] καὶ Μωυσεῖ τῷ πανσόφῳ τὴν αὐτὴν τέχνην ἀνατίθησι· καὶ γὰρ οὗτος ποιμὴν ἀποδείκνυται διανοίας τῦφον πρὸ ἀληθείας ἀσπαζομένης καὶ πρὸ τοῦ εἶναι τὸ δοκεῖν p. 307 M. ἀποδεχομένης· περισσὸς γὰρ Ἰοθὸρ ἑρμηνεύεται, περιττὸν δὲ καὶ ἐπεισηγμένον
ἀπλανεῖ βίῳ πρὸς ἀπάτην τῦφος, ᾧ καὶ τὰ κατὰ πόλεις ἕτερα ¹ παρ’ ἑτέροις, οὐ τὰ αὐτὰ δίκαια παρὰ πᾶσιν, ἔθος εἰσηγεῖσθαι τὰ κοινὰ τῆς φύσεως καὶ ἀκίνητα νόμιμα οὐδ’ ὄναρ ἰδόντι· λέγεται γὰρ ὅτι „Μωυσῆς ἦν ποιμαίνων τὰ πρόβατα Ἰοθὸρ τοῦ ἱερέως Μαδιάμ" (Exod. 3,1).

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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

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On the Tilling of the Earth by Noah First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 43 focus

[43] He also attributes the same skill to the all-wise Moses, ¹ for he also is represented as the shepherd of the mind which embraces pride in preference to truth, and which receives appearance rather than reality; for the interpretation of the name Jethro is "superfluous," and superfluity is pride adopted for the purpose of introducing error into correct life; which is the cause why different things are looked upon as right in different cities, and not those principles which ought to be looked upon as just everywhere, inasmuch as it never sees, not even in a dream, the common and immovable principles of the justice of nature. For, it is said, that "Moses was the shepherd of the sheep of Jethro, the priest of Midian."

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De agricultura

1.
1 ἀθρόων U: ἀθρόον ceteri
2 δὲ M τε om. UF
3 μόνα om. Η, μόνα τὰ om. L1 τἀπιτήδεια F
4 ἀγησιτελῆ U ἥτις MGUF: ἥ τῆς Α, ἥπερ Η
5 ἧττον coni. Mang. ἔχουσιν ὑπὲρ τοῦ UF
8 σκεδασθῆναι UF
9 τὸν] τοῦ U λόγων UFH1 χρώμενοι GH2L1: χρωμένων ceteii
10 μέτρια MAUF ἀφόρητα AUF 10.
11 δέ κακὰ κατ᾿ αὐτῶν ἀνίατα Α 11.
12 ἡ κόλασις ἀφραίνουσιν Α
12 αἱ κολάσεις UFL2
14 μετὰ ἀηδίας UFL2: μεγάλα ἐία MAHL1, μὴ μεγάλα ἥδια G προτιμῶσιν Mang.: περιποιοῦσιν UFL2, περιποιήσειεν MGH1, περιποιήσειν, περιποιήσειαν H2L1 οὕτως οὑν UF
15 τοὺς om. UF
20 τῆς post ψυχῆς add. mg.
21 μόνον UF χρήμασι UF σκιᾶς U, σχήμασι coni. Mang.
22 λαβὰν. Μωσεῖ γὰρ L Μωυσεῖ U: Μωυσῆ F, Μωσεῖ MGH, Μωσῇ Α
23 ἀνατίθησι UF: ἀναδίδωσι MAΗ1, μεταδίδωσι GH2
24 πρὸ ἀληθείας GH2: πρὸς ἀλήθειαν MAUFH1 δοκεῖν] ἀδικεῖν U
25 Ἰοθὼρ U, ὁ Ἰοθὸρ GΗ δὲ] γὰρ UF
26 ἀπλανῆ βίον Α

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