Philo Judaeus, Quis Rerum Divinarum Heres Sit, ed. Paul Wendland, 55

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[55] ἐπειδὴ γὰρ ψυχὴ διχῶς λέγεται, ἥ τε ὅλη καὶ τὸ ἡγεμονικὸν αὐτῆς μέρος, ὃ κυρίως εἰπεῖν ψυχὴ ψυχῆς ἐστι, καθάπερ ὀφθαλμὸς ὅ τε κύκλος σύμπας καὶ τὸ κυριώτατον μέρος τὸ ᾧ βλέπομεν, ἔδοξε τῷ νομοθέτῃ διττὴν καὶ τὴν οὐσίαν εἶναι ψυχῆς, αἷμα μὲν τῆς ὅλης, τοῦ p. 481 M. δ’ ἡγεμονικωτάτου πνεῦμα ¹² θεῖον.

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.) — 55 focus

[55] For since the soul is spoken of in two ways, first of all as a whole, secondly, as to the dominant part of it, which, to speak properly, is the soul of the soul, just as the eye is both the whole orb, and also the most important part of that orb, that namely by which we see; it seemed good to the law-giver that the essence of the soul should likewise be two-fold; blood being the essence of the entire soul, and the divine Spirit being the essence of the dominant part of it; accordingly he says, in express words, "The soul of all flesh is the blood thereof." ¹

Notes on the current edition

Quis rerum divinarum heres sit

1.
2 Ῥαχιὴλ codd. (Pap?) σπείρα Pap ἆρ᾿ OAB, αρα Pap: ἀλλ’ GHP 2.
3 κυοφορῇ καὶ] ras.
1 litt. G 3.
4 σπειρουμενα Pap
4 οἷς] ἧς H ἐκ] ἐμ Pap καταφιλήματος H2 4.
5 ἀλλ’—φιλίας om. H1P
4 οὐχ ἡ] οὐχὶ G διὰ] ἐκ H2
5 φιλίας Pap: φιλήματος OABGH2 αποδοχης Pap post αἴσθησιν add. διαδοχῆς Pap ὁ υἱὸς] εἷς G εστιν Pap
7 τιθήνην Pap GP: τιθηνόν ceteri τοῦ] καὶ του Pap
8 διαπλησθεῖσαν G1PH1 ἐκείνης OABP: ἐκείνην Pap GH 8.
9 ὠνόμασε ἐκάλεσεν Pap
9 τὸ et τῆς hab. Pap: om. codd. ζωὴ HP: ζωῆι Pap, ζωὴν ceteri
10 alt. τῶν] τὸν O, secl. Mang.
11 τὸν OGH2: τῆς PH1, τὸν τῆς ΑΒ, om. Pap ψυχῆς om. Pap τεθνηκετων (sic) δήπου Pap: δήπου τεθνηκότων codd.
14 δαμασκος Pap: δαμασκὸν codd. 14. 1.5 τὸ δ’ ἐστὶ μεταληφθὲν om. OAB δε μεταλημφθεν εστιν Pap: δ’ ἐστὶ μεταληφθὲν GHP
15 συνετῶς Mang.
17 καὶ] τε καὶ G e corr. εἶπε PH1
18 ψυχὴ om. H1P εστιν Pap N
19 κυριώτερον μέρος ὦ Ο τὸ om. N βλέπωμεν Pap διττὴν Pap: διπλῆν codd. N 19.
20 εἶναι καὶ τὴν οὐσίαν HP
20 τῆς ψυχῆς HP τῆς Pap: τὸ τῆς codd. N δὲ codd. ἡγεμονικοῦ τὸ coni. Mang.

2.
1 sqq. Orig. Comment. in Gen. p.
41 (ad eundem locum): κατὰ δὲ τὸν πνευματικὸν νόμον ψυχῆς ἀνοίγει μήτραν . . . . 16—14,16 ἐπειδὴ—τοῦ γένους ἡμῶν ἐξ ἑαυτοῦ N fol. 165r.

Philo Judaeus Quis Rerum Divinarum Heres Sit 55

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