Philo Judaeus, Quis Rerum Divinarum Heres Sit, ed. Paul Wendland, 185

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[185] κρατῆρες δὲ ὁράσεως μὲν
ὀφθαλμοί, ἀκοῆς δὲ ὦτα καὶ μυκτῆρες ὀσφρήσεως καὶ τῶν ἄλλων αἱ ἁρμόττουσαι δεξαμεναί. τούτοις ἐπιχεῖ τοῖς κρατῆρσιν ὁ ἱερὸς λόγος τοῦ αἵματος ἀξιῶν τὸ ἄλογον ἡμῶν μέρος ψυχωθῆναι καὶ τρόπον τινὰ ¹² λογικὸν γενέσθαι, ταῖς μὲν νουθεσίαις περιόδοις ἀκολουθῆσαν, ἁγνεῦσαν δὲ τῶν ὁλκὸν ἀπατεῶνα προτεινόντων δύναμιν αἰσθητῶν.

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.) — 185 focus

[185] Now, the craters of the sense of seeing are the eyes, those of hearing are the ears, those of smelling are the nostrils, and so on with the appropriate receptacles for each of the senses. On these craters the sacred word pours a portion of blood, thinking it right that the irrational part of us should become endowed with soul and vitality, and should in some manner become rational; following the guidance of admonition, and purifying itself from the deceitful alluring powers of the objects of the outward sense which aim to overcome it.

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Quis rerum divinarum heres sit

1.
1 τὰ εἴδη N, εἴδη om. Β τῶν om. codd.
2 ἀρχιερεὺς] ἱεροφάντης vel ἀρχιπροφίητης coni. Mang. Μωσῆς GHP
3 διενιμε Pap ἐνέχεε G
4 εἰς—προσἐχεε om. G προσέχεεν Pap, προσέσχε P, πρόσεχε Η1 τὸ om. G
6 δ’ Pap
7 alt. καὶ Pap G: om. ceteri μόνωσιν Pap: ἕνωσιν codd.
8 σπένδει codd. ἀνθρώπινον om. Pap ὃ AB: om. Pap GHP
9 κεκραμμένου HP
10 μερῶν Pap: μελῶν codd. ἐργασόμενος G, ἐργασάμενος HP
11 γὰρ καὶ Pap: γάρ GHP, om. ΑΒ ὁ om. codd.
13 ἀπαθεῖ H
14 ὅλος codd. ὅλως L): ὁ λόγος Pap σπονδὴν Pap G: σπουδὴν ceteri
15 γένος Pap: μέρος codd. τὸ] τῶν P
16 κρατῆρες] κρατηρας
17 τῶν Pap ut vid.: τούτων codd. αλλων Pap (cf. Ambros.): om. codd.
18 τὸ ἥμισυ τοῦ cohn.

2.
1 sqq. Ambros. Epist. 65,2: illa (pars) quae in crateras mittitur moralis est, haec quae ad altare effunditur mystica, eo quod divino munere et adspiratione quadam humanis infundatur mentibus . . . 15—19 ibid. 5: Crateres igitur sensuum receptacula. crateres oculi sunt duo, aures sunt, nares sunt, os quoque et aliae partes convenientes muneri. oculi enim visum recipiunt et ministrant, auditum aures, odorem nares, ora gustatum, et cetera. in istos crateres verbum illud, in quo est principatus sacerdotii vel propbetiae, effundit sanguinis sui partes, ut vivificet atque animet irrationabiles portiones et faciat rationabiles.
8 meutes hominura vivificavit . . .

Philo Judaeus Quis Rerum Divinarum Heres Sit 185

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