Philo Judaeus, Quis Rerum Divinarum Heres Sit, ed. Paul Wendland, 216

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[216] τὸ παραπλήσιόν μοι δοκεῖ σαφέστατα μεμηνῦσθαι καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς ἱερᾶς λυχνίας· δεδημιούργηται γὰρ ἓξ καλαμίσκους ἔχουσα, τρεῖς ἑκατέρωθεν, ἑβδόμη δὲ αὐτὴ μέση, διαιροῦσα
καὶ διακρίνουσα τὰς τριάδας. τορευτὴ γάρ ἐστι, τεχνικὸν καὶ δόκιμον θεῖον ἔργον, ἐξ ἑνὸς χρυσίου καθαροῦ (Exod. 25, 30. 38, 13. 14)· τὸ γὰρ ἓν καὶ μόνον καὶ καθαρὸν ὄντως ἑβδομάδα τὴν ἀμήτορα γεγέννηκεν ἐξ ἑαυτοῦ μόνου, μὴ προσχρησάμενον ὕλῃ τὸ παράπαν.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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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.) — 216 focus

[216] And a thing very similar to this appears to me to be very clearly shown in the matter of the sacred candlestick; for that also was made having six branches, three on each side, and the main candlestick itself in the middle made the seventh, dividing and separating the two triads; for it is made of carved work, a divine work of exquisite skill and highly admired, being made of one solid piece of pure gold. For the unit, being one and single and pure, begot the number seven, which had no mother but is born of itself alone, without taking any additional material whatever to aid him.

Philo Judaeus Quis Rerum Divinarum Heres Sit 216

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