Philo Judaeus, De Migratione Abrahami, ed. Paul Wendland, 85

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[85] τε καὶ μανίᾳ χρώμενον. τοιγαροῦν „ἡ ῥάβδος ἡ Ἀαρὼν κατέπιε τὰς ¹² ἐκείνων ῥάβδους“ (Exod. 7,12), ὡς δηλοῖ τὸ λόγιον· ἐγκαταπίνονται γὰρ καὶ ἀφανίζονται πάντες οἱ σοφιστικοὶ λόγοι τῇ τῆς φύσεως ἐντέχνῳ ποικιλίᾳ, ὡς ὁμολογεῖν ὅτι „δάκτυλος θεοῦ“ (Exod. 8, 19) τὰ γινόμενά ἐστιν, ἴσον τῷ γράμμα θεῖον διαγορεῦον ἀεὶ σοφιστείαν ὑπὸ σοφίας
ἡττᾶσθαι· δακτύλῳ γὰρ θεοῦ καὶ τὰς πλάκας, ἐν αἷς ἐστηλιτεύθησαν οἱ χρησμοί, φησὶν ὁ ἱερὸς λόγος γραφῆναι (Exod. 32, 16). διόπερ οὐκέτι δύνανται οἱ φαρμακευταὶ στῆναι ἐναντίον Μωυσεῖ, πίπτουσι δ’ ὡς ἐν ἀγῶνι ῥώμῃ τοῦ ἀντιπάλου νικηθέντες καρτερᾷ (Exod. 8, 18).

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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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.) — 85 focus

[85] Therefore "the rod of Aaron swallowed up their rods," ¹ as the holy scripture tells us. For all sophistical reasons are swallowed up and destroyed by the varied skilfulness of nature; so that they are forced to confess that what is done is "the finger of God," ² an expression equivalent to confessing the truth of the divine scripture which asserts that sophistry is always subdued by wisdom. For the sacred account tells us that "the tables" on which the commandments were engraved as on a pillar, "were also written by the finger of God." ³ On which account the conjurors were not able to stand before Moses, but fell down as in a wrestling match, being overcome by the superior strength of their antagonist.

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De migratione Abrahami

1.
2 ὑπηχήσεις H: ὑφηχήσεις MA, ἐπηχήσεις P
3 ἄνευ] ἐκ Α
4 λόγου] λόγχης Α
5 post προσλαλήσει add. καὶ M σου] σοι HP1 σὺ] σοὶ H
6 αὐτὸς Α ἐμφατικώτατα M
7 σοι om. P
7 διερμηνεύσει τὰ σά HP: διερμηνεέσεται M, διερμηνεὺς Α
12 ἐπιμεμελῆσθαι MP: ἐπιμελεῖσθαι AH 12.
13 ἐρρωμένος Α
19 τρέπουσι v
20 ἀνέχουσιν Α
24 στόμα Mang. : σόφισμα codd. κληθήσεται Α
25 προρηθῆ M ὁ θεός Α σε] σοι Α
6 Ἀαρὼν
6 Α
26 έσται σου om. P
27 ἐν θεῶ ΑΗ κατοκωχῇ scripsi : κατακωχῆ codd.
28 ἡ Ἀαρὼν M: Ἀαρὼν ceteri

2. 21.
22 cf. Rh. Mus. XLIX p. 309.

Philo Judaeus De Migratione Abrahami 85

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