Philo Judaeus Quis Rerum Divinarum Heres Sit 86

ed. Paul Wendland

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[86] 17 Προαγαγὼν δὲ αὐτὸν ἔξω φησίν· „ἀνάβλεψον εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν
καὶ ἀρίθμησον τοὺς ἀστέρας, ἐὰν δυνηθῇς ἐξαριθμῆσαι αὐτούς. οὕτως ἔσται τὸ σπέρμα σου“ (Gen. 15, 5). παγκάλως εἶπεν „οὕτως ἔσται“, ἀλλ’ οὐ τοσοῦτον, τοῖς ἄστροις ἰσάριθμον. οὐ γὰρ τὸ πλῆθος αὐτὸ μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ μυρία ἄλλα τῶν εἰς εὐδαιμονίαν ὁλόκληρον καὶ παντελῆ βούλεται παρεμφῆναι.

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.) — 86 focus

And after he has conducted him out, he says to him, "Look up to heaven, and count the stars, if thou art able to number them; thus shall be thy seed." ¹ He says very beautifully, "Thus shall be thy seed," not so great shall it be, equal in number to the stars; for he does not intend here to allude to their multitude only, but also to an infinite number of other circumstances which contribute to entire and perfect happiness.

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