Philo Judaeus, De Migratione Abrahami, ed. Paul Wendland, 21

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[21] τὸ ἐμπαίζειν ἐπιθυμιῶν καὶ πάντων παθῶν ἀμετρίαις, τὸ φοβεῖσθαι τὸν θεόν (Gen. 42, 18), εἰ καὶ μηδέπω γέγονεν ἀγαπᾶν ἱκανός, τὸ ζωῆς ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ μεταποιεῖσθαι τῆς ἀληθοῦς — 5 ὃ δὴ ¹² θαυμάσας ὁ ὁρῶν, καὶ γὰρ ἄξιον ἦν καταπλαγῆναι, φησί· „μέγα μοί ἐστιν, εἰ ἔτι ὁ υἱός μου Ἰωσὴφ ζῇ“ (Gen. 45, 28), ἀλλὰ μὴ κεναῖς δόξαις καὶ τῷ νεκροφορουμένῳ σώματι συντέθνηκε —,

De Migratione Abrahami. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

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

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On the Migration of Abraham First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 2. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 21 focus

[21] as it is to despise immoderate indulgence of the desires and all other passions; to fear God, if a man is not yet capable of loving him, and even while in Egypt to have a desire for real life. 5 Which he who sees, marvelling at (and indeed it was enough ¹to cause astonishment), says, "It is a great thing for me if my son Joseph is still alive," ² and has not died at the same time with vain opinions and the body which is but a lifeless carcass;

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De migratione Abrahami

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2 τὸ] τῶ Α
5 σπονδὴν Α: σπουδὴν MHP
6 σπονδὴν Mang. : σπουδὴν codd., etiam M ut vid.
9 κενοδόξων Α
10 ὡσὰν AP ἐνύπνιον PL ὄντα τῶν ἀληθῶς ὄντων conicio διακρίνῃ καὶ διαστείλῃ Α
11 μὲν om. H1P1
12 ἀσαφεῖς] ψευδεῖς coni. Mang. κατὰ] καὶ κατὰ A
13 μήπου Α κεκαθαρμένον conicio
14 τὸ μὴ ὑπήκοον om. Α
15 ἀλλὰ M
16 τῷ] τὸ Α γένει H Ἑβραῖον vel γένους conicio
18 ὅτι om. H1P
19 σπουδαζομένων sciipsi: σπουδαζόντων codd., σπουδασθέντων Mang.
21 ἐπισυμῶν A

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19 Origenes, Selecta in Gene.tim p. 44: τὸ μηδέν ἐπιχωρίων Λἰγυπίων ποιεῖν αἰνίσσετα διὰ τοῦ „ὧδε οὐκ ἐποίησα οὐδέν“.
23 — 273,2 Origenes, Selecta in Genesim (ad Gen. 46,30) p. 50: θαυμαστόν ἐστι τὸν γενόμενον ἐν Αἰγύπτω̣ μὴ βλαβῆναι ἀπὸ τῶν Αἰγυmίων καὶ μεῖναι ἐν τῇ κατὰ θεόν ζωῇ. διόπερ θαυμάζων ὁ Ἱακὼβ εἶπε τῷ Ἰωρὴφ τὸ „ἔτι γὰρ σὺ ζῇς“. cf. Homil. in Genes. XV
3 p. 100.

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