Philo Judaeus, Quis Rerum Divinarum Heres Sit, ed. Paul Wendland, 15

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[15] τὸ γὰρ νοητῆς ἁρμονίας εὐάρμοστον καὶ σύμφωνον μέλος ὁ νοητὸς μουσικὸς μόνος καταλαβεῖν ¹² ἱκανός, τῶν δὲ ἐν αἰσθήσει φυρομένων οὐδὲ εἷς. ὅλου δὴ τοῦ διανοίας ὀργάνου κατὰ τὴν διὰ πασῶν ἢ δὶς διὰ πασῶν συμφωνίαν ἐξηχοῦντος ὁ
ἀκροατὴς ὡσανεὶ πυνθάνεται πρὸς ἀλήθειαν οὐ πυνθανόμενος — πάντα γὰρ γνώριμα θεῷ — „τί βοᾷς πρὸς μέ“; καθ’ ἱκεσίαν
κακῶν ἀποτροπῆς ἢ κατ’ εὐχαριστίαν μετουσίας ἀγαθῶν ἢ κατὰ ἀμφότερα;

Quis Rerum Divinarum Heres Sit. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

Quis Rerum Divinarum Heres Sit (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 3. Wendland, Paul, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1898.)

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On the question, Who is the Heir of Divine Things First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 2. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 15 focus

[15] For the well-arranged and carefully attuned melody of that harmony which is perceptible by the intellect, the invisible musician, perceptible by the intellect, is alone able to comprehend; but no one of those involved in the entanglements of the outward senses can appreciate it. Accordingly, when the entire organ of the mind sounds according to the symphony of the diapason and of the double diapason, the hearer, as it were, asks (for he does not ask in reality, since everything is known ¹ to God), "Why dost thou cry unto me?" Is it in supplication that evils may be averted, or in thankfulness for a participation in good things which have been already enjoyed, or for a combination of both reasons?

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Quis rerum divinarum heres sit

1.
1 ἀνδράσιν OAB εστι Pap, εἰσίν D δὲ codd. D
2 ἔνεισιν] εἰσίν D post ἔξωθεν add. τῶν OAB
3 ἠρέμιον G ἀνάγων OAB, ἀναγαγὼν G
4 ἑαυτὸν ἀποτείνῃ ante πρὸς transpos. codd. 4.
5 κατὰ—προσοχῆς om. Pap
5 Μωσέως codd. ἀκροᾶσθαι Pap ὁ ἑταίρων Pap, ἑτέρων L δὲ codd. ἴσχυσαι Pap: ἰσχύσει Η2, ἰσχύσῃ ceteri
7 δὲ Pap G: δ’ ceteri φιλοδεσπόταις G
8 κτῆμα om. Η ουν Pap ἐξαγ(ωγῇ) Pap (cf. tabulam phototypicam apud Scheilium, qui non recte legit εξαρω): ἐξόδω codd.
9 ὑμῶν Pap PH1: ἡμῶν ceteri σιωπήσεσθε Pap
10 εἶπεν Pap Μωσῆν GHP βόα Pap
12 ἐρῶντι coni. Mang. θείω Pap (idem ipse conieceram): θεῶ codd. συνηρεμουντα Pap, συνηρεμοῦντας coni. Cohn
15 ψύχης Pap: φωνῆς codd.
16 οὐδεὶς L1 ἀγέννητος codd. (Pap?) μόνον O

2.
10 Origenis fragm. ex codice affert Mang.: καὶ Μωυσῆς ἐβόα σιγῶν, καὶ προσευχομένῳ κατὰ διάνοιαν ὁ θεὸς ἔφη· τί βοᾷς πρὸς μέ, Orig. Hom. in Exod. V4 p. 146: quomodo clamat? nulla eius vox clamoris auditur, et tamen dicit ad eum deus: quid clamas ad me? velim scire, quomodo sancti sine voce clamant ad deum . . . per silentium sanctorum clamor auditur. Comment. in loann. VI
10 p. 119: ἐὰν
51 μὴ μὴν conicio) παντελῶς ᾖ ἡ νοητὴ τῶν εὐχομένων φωνὴ μεγάλη καὶ οὐ βραχεῖα, οὐδὲ ἄν αὐξήσωσι τὴν βοὴν καὶ τὴν κραυγήν, ἀκούει τῶν οὕτως εὐχομένων ὁ θεὸς ὁ λέγων πρὸς Μωσέα· „τί βοᾶς πρὸς μέ“; οὐκ αἰσθητῶς βεβοηκότα — οὐ γὰρ ἀναγέγραπται τοῦτο ἐν τῇ Ἐξόδῳ μεγάλως δὲ τὴν ἀκουομένην μόνω θεῷ φωνὴν βεβοηκότα διὰ τῆς εὐχῆς. cf. Theodoretum in psalm. 5,2 (p. 635).

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