Philo Judaeus, Quis Rerum Divinarum Heres Sit, ed. Paul Wendland, 239

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[239] τοὐναντίον δὲ Μωυσῆς καὶ ὅσα τῶν ἑρπετῶν ἄνω δύναται πηδᾶν οὐ μετρίως ἀποδέχεται· φησὶ γοῦν· „ταῦτα φάγεσθε ἀπὸ τῶν ἑρπετῶν τῶν πετεινῶν, ἃ πορεύεται ἐπὶ τεσσάρων, ἃ ἔχει σκέλη ἀνωτέρω τῶν ¹ ποδῶν, ὥστε πηδᾶν ἐν αὐτοῖς ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς“ (Lev. 11,21). ταῦτα δ’ ἐστὶ σύμβολα ψυχῶν, ὅσαι τρόπον ἑρπετῶν προσερριζωμέναι τῷ γηίνῳ σώματι καθαρθεῖσαι μετεωροπολεῖν ἰσχύουσιν, οὐρανὸν ἀντικαταλλαξάμεναι γῆς καὶ φθορᾶς ἀθανασίαν.

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.) — 239 focus

[239] On the other hand, Moses approves, in no ordinary degree, of whatever reptiles are able ¹ to take a leap in an upward direction. At all events he says, "Ye shall eat of these winged reptiles which go upon four feet, and which have legs above their feet so as to be able by them to leap up from the ground." ² But these reptiles are the emblems of souls, which like reptiles being rooted in the earthly body, when they are raised up, get strength to soar on high, taking the heaven in exchange for the earth, and immortality in exchange for destruction.

Notes on the current edition

Quis rerum divinarum heres sit

1.
1 ζῷον] ζώσω G, post ζῷον add. ὁ
51 θεῖος ὑπὲρ ἡμᾶς ΑΒP2 δὲ τῶ transp. ΑBP2
2 θεὸς AB τῷ om. codd. γεγονότων Pap: γινομένων H1P, γενομένων ceteri
4 μόνῳ om. codd.
5 alt. ἡ om. v
7 διένειμε] διέκρινε coni. Mang. ἅττα Α, ἄττα Β: ἅτε GHP, ἁ Pap
8 σώματα] νοήματα AB
9 τὴν] τὸν Pap G
11 post ἄκρατον add, καὶ v
12 διερ(εσ)εως Pap: om. codd.
16 ὀρνέων G διχοτομήματα Pap: διχοτομηθέντα codd.
17 ὁμώνυμα G
18 διανιστάς AB εστιν Pap
20 γηι Pap τοῖς οm. Pap ὑπὲρ] ἐπὶ coni. Mang.
22 ἀποδιδράσκοντας AB τὰ] τὸ G
23 πετεινοῖς codd.
24 περαίωσιν ΑΒ
26 τὸ ἐνάντιον Pap Μωσῆς HP δύνανται Α
27 φάγεται Pap
28 τέσσαρα ABGP, δ΄ H

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