Philo Judaeus, De Sobrietate, ed. Paul Wendland, 65

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[65] καὶ τὸ ῥητὸν μέντοι συνᾴδειν ἔοικεν· ὁ γὰρ Σὴμ ὡσανεὶ ῥίζα κλλοκἀγαθίας ὑποβέβληται, δένδρον δ’
ἡμροτοκοῦν ἐκ ταύτης ὁ σοφὸς Ἀβραὰμ ἀνέδραμεν, οὗ τὸ αὐτήκοον καὶ αὐτομαθὲς γένος, Ἰσαάκ, ὁ καρπὸς ἦν, ἀφ’ οὗ πάλιν αἱ διὰ πόνων ¹ ἀρεταὶ κατασπείρονται, ὧν ἀθλητῆής ἐστιν ὁ τὴν πρὸς πάθη πάλην γεγυμνασμένος Ἰακώβ, ἀγγέλοις ἀλείπταις, λόγοις, χρώμενος.

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.) — 65 focus

[65] And what is said in the scriptures appears to coincide with this, for Shem is planted as a root of excellence and virtue; and from this root there sprang up a tree bringing forth good fruit, namely, Abraham, of whom the self-instructed and self-teaching offspring, Isaac, was the fruit, by whom again the virtues which are displayed in labour are sown, the practiser of which is Jacob, the man trained and exercised in wrestling with the passions, having the admonitions of angels for his gymnastic trainers.

Notes on the current edition

De sobrietate

1.
2 τοῦτο G
3 ἀνά κράτος foit. in lin.
2 post ‘ἐπαινεῖν transpon.
9 τρισσὴν GF ἐφαρμόττοντος G αὐτό Turn.: αὑτῶ H, ἑαυτῶ GF
11 ὅπως] οὕτως G
12 ψυχῆς GF
13 δύναται L1 ὑγείᾳ scripsi: ὑγείαις codd.
16 ἄγεται] ἀναφέρεται conicio
21 νενόμισται] νέμονται F
22 λἐχέται οἵκω H
23 περιεγόμενος Η: om. GF
25 ἠ, F: ἥ, G, ἦ G, ἦ H ἐχέσθω Η
26 ὥβρισεν F
28 οὺρανίος G συνάψη L
29 ὁ μὲν γὰρ G
30 Ἁβραὰμ H

Philo Judaeus De Sobrietate 65

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