Philo Judaeus, De Agricultura, ed. Paul Wendland, 51

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[51] τοῦτο μέντοι τὸ ᾆσμα παντὶ φιλοθέῳ μελετᾶν ἐμπρεπές, τῷ δὲ δὴ κόσμῳ καὶ διαφερόντως· καθάπερ γάρ τινα ποίμνην γῆν καὶ ὕδωρ καὶ ἀέρα καὶ πῦρ καὶ ὅσα ἐν τούτοις φυτά τε αὖ καὶ ζῷα, τὰ μὲν θνητὰ τὰ δὲ θεῖα, ἔτι δὲ οὐρανοῦ φύσιν καὶ ἡλίου καὶ σελήνης περιόδους καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἀστέρων τροπάς
τε αὖ καὶ χορείας ἐναρμονίους ὁ ποιμὴν καὶ βασιλεὺς θεὸς ἄγει κατὰ ¹² δίκην καὶ νόμον, προστησάμενος τὸν ὀρθὸν αὑτοῦ λόγον καὶ πρωτόγονον υἱόν, ὃς τὴν ἐπιμέλειαν τῆς ἱερᾶς ταύτης ἀγέλης οἷά τις μεγάλου βασιλέως ὕπαρχος διαδέξεται· καὶ γὰρ εἴρηταί που· „Ἰδοὺ ἐγώ εἰμι, ἀποστέλλω ἄγγελόν μου εἰς πρόσωπόν σου τοῦ φυλάξαι σε ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ“ (Exod. 23,20).

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.) — 51 focus

[51] and let every one in his turn say the same thing, for it is very becoming to every man who loves God to study such a song as this, but above all this world should sing it. For God, like a shepherd and a king, governs (as if they were a flock of sheep) the earth, and the water, and the air, and the fire, and all the plants, and living creatures that are in ¹ them, whether mortal or divine; and he regulates the nature of the heaven, and the periodical revolutions of the sun and moon, and the variations and harmonious movements of the other stars, ruling them according to law and justice; appointing, as their immediate superintendent, his own right reason, his first-born son, who is to receive the charge of this sacred company, as the lieutenant of the great king; for it is said somewhere, "Behold, I am he! I will send my messenger before thy face, who shall keep thee in the road." ²

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De agricultura

1.
1 μήτ’ Α
2 δέ MGH ἀναγκαζόμενος M
3 τοῖς δὲ ἐκ AGH: τοῖς ἐκ M, τῆς δὲ UF ἠμεληκότι U
4 καὶ ἀδεῶς Cohn: κατὰ δέος U, καταδεὲς ceteri, μετ’ ἀδείας olim coniciebam περιποιησαμένης Α αὐθάδειαν FH2: αὐθαδείᾳ ceteri
5 οὑν addidi
9 αὐτῶ UF
10 σχεδὸν καὶ μόνον UF: σχεδὸν μόνον MAG, μόνον σχεδὸν
11 12 οὖ] οὐ U
14 ἐπίστασιν UF ἀφορῶσα Γ’·. ἀφορῶσαν ceteri ἐπὶ Α
16 ὥστ’ UF
17 τέλεια MAGH: om. UF, τελείως couicio παντὸς ἡγεμόνι Α
18 ἀλλὰ καὶ GH
19 ὁ τὰς om. F
20 λεγέτω καὶ ἕκαστος ἐν μέρει τὸ αὑτὸ τοῦτο. τὸ γὰρ ante τοῦτο add. H ex p.
τοῦτο μέντοι τὸ] τοιοῦτον H
21 εὐπρεπές GH καὶ UF : om ceteri
22 γάρ om. MAH1
22 ποικρὴν U, ποιηρὰν F
23 ζώων M τε αὖ Η: om. ceterr
25 ταῦτα δὴ πάντα ante ὁ ex Eus. recipi vult Cohn ὁ UF Eus: ὡς GH, om. MA καὶ om. U ὁ θεὸς GH2

2. 25—106,3 Euseb. Pr. Ev. VII
13 ... ὁ δ’ αὐτὸς ἐν τῷ περὶ γεωργίας προτέρῳ καὶ υἱὸν

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