Philo Judaeus, De Sobrietate, ed. Paul Wendland, 26

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[26] ἀνομίᾳ τῇ παρ’ ἀνθρώποις. 6 ἑπόμενος οὖν αὐτῷ καὶ ὥσπερ ἐπὶ προτεθέντα σκοπὸν ἀφιεὶς εὐστόχως τὰ βέλη κατὰ ἀκολουθίαν εἰσάγει ¹ τὸν Ἰακὼβ γενέσει μὲν τοῦ Ἠσαῦ νεώτερον — ὅτι ἀφροσύνη μὲν ἐκ πρώτης ἡλικίας ἐστὶν ἡμῖν σύντροφος, ὀψίγονος δ’ ὁ τοῦ καλοῦ ζῆλος —, δυνάμει δὲ πρεσβύτερον· παρὸ καὶ τῶν πρωτοτοκίων ὁ μὲν Ἠσαῦ ἐξίσταται, μεταποιεῖται δ’ οὗτος εἰκότως.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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

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On Sobriety First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 26 focus

The prophet, then, in accordance with this law, and as it were shooting his arrows with happy aim at the appointed mark, in strict agreement with what has gone before, represents Jacob as younger in point of age than Esau (because from our very earliest birth folly is bred up with us, and the desire of what is honourable is engendered subsequently), but as older in point of power. In consequence of which Esau is deprived of his birthright as the elder son, but Jacob is very naturally invested with it;

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De sobrietate

1.
5 ἐὰν] ἄν V τοῦτο G 8.
9 πρότερον et ὃστερον conicio
9 ὑστάτου Η alterum τῆς GF: ἀπὸ τῆς H
13 γέννησιν
11 ὑστεραη Turn. : ὑστερίζοι codd.
14 μοίρας GFL2: βώμης HL’ στέργομεν Η
16 ὑπερφυῶς H: ὑπὐ φύσεως F, om. G
17 ἐπαγωγότατα Turn.: ἀγωγιὡτατα G, ἀγαγότα HL’, ἁγιώτατα F, ἁγνότατα L2
18 γέρως F
19 καὶ om. G
21 prius τὸν] τὴν Η ὁ] ἡ H
22 ο6τως G αἰῶνας G
23 ἀφίκῃ ἲ scripsi: ἀφίκοιτο codd. ἐNτι GII
25 ἐπὶ GF: ὑπὸ Η τοῦ (ἐθ conicio
26 ἀρχιτέκτων F
27 τοῦτο G
28 αὐτφ͂] τούτῳ conicio
29 κατ’ G

Philo Judaeus De Sobrietate 26

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