Philo Judaeus Quis Rerum Divinarum Heres Sit 34

ed. Paul Wendland

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[34] ἢ „ἐγὼ ἀπολυθήσομαι ἄτεκνος“ (Gen. 15, 2), ὀλιγοχρόνιον καὶ ἐφήμερον καὶ
ὠκύμορον λαβὼν ἀγαθόν, εὐχόμενος τοὐναντίον, πολυήμερον καὶ μακροχρόνιον καὶ ἀκήρατον καὶ ἀθάνατον, ὡς δυνηθῆναι καὶ σπέρματα βαλέσθαι καὶ ῥίζας ἐχυρότητος ἕνεκα ἀποτεῖναι καὶ ἄνω πρὸς οὐρανὸν τὸ στέλεχος ἀνεγεῖρον μετεωρίσαι;

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.) — 34 focus

[34] "I shall depart from life childless;" ¹ having received a short-lived and ephemeral blessing, which speedily passes away, when I prayed for the contrary, namely, for one which should last many days, a long time; which should be free from all mishap, which should never die, but should be able to sow seeds of itself, and to stretch forth roots for the sake of giving it firmness, and which should raise its trunk upwards to heaven, and hold its head on high;

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