Philo Judaeus, De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia, ed. Paul Wendland, 125

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[125] τίς οὖν ὁ ἐξεταστικὸς καὶ φιλομαθὴς καὶ μηδὲν ἄσκεπτον καὶ ἀδιερεύνητον τῶν ἐγκεκαλυμμένων πραγμάτων παραλιπεῖν ἀξιῶν ἐστιν, ὅτι μὴ ὁ ἀρχιστράτηγος καὶ βασιλεὺς καὶ ταῖς πρὸς θεὸν ὁμολογίαις ἐμμένων τε
καὶ χαίρων, ὄνομα Ἰούδας; „ἐξέκλινε“ γάρ φησι „πρὸς αὐτὴν τὴν ὁδὸν καὶ εἶπεν· ἔασόν με εἰσελθεῖν πρὸς σέ“ (ibid. 16) — ἀλλ’ οὐκ ἔμελλε ¹² παραβιάζεσθαι — καὶ σκοπεῖν, τίς τε ἡ ἐγκεκαλυμμένη δύναμίς ἐστι καὶ ἐπὶ τί παρεσκεύασται.

De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

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De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 3. Wendland, Paul, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1898.)

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On the Meeting for the sake of seeking Instruction First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, Volume 2. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 125 focus

[125] Who then is he who is fond of investigating, and desirous of learning, and who thinks it not right to leave any of those things which are disguised or concealed unconsidered and unexamined? Who is he, I say, but the chief captain and king, he who abides by and rejoices in the agreements which he has made with God, by name Judah? For says the scripture, "He turned aside out of his road to her, and said unto her, Suffer me to come in unto thee," ¹²³ (but he was not inclined to offer her any violence), and to see what is that power which is thus veiled, and for what purpose it is thus adorned;

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De congressu eruditionis gratia

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1 ἐπιπολέω Α ἀλλὰ βεβαία καὶ παγία MAH: βεβαία βεβαίω G) δὲ καὶ παγίῳ GF ante περί add. τῆ M, τῆ ἁπάντων Α
2 τἀκόλουθον MH: τὸ ἀκόλουθον AGF eiarjXdcFv: εἴσελθε ceteri πρὸς τὴν Ἄγαρ GF
3 ἐπιστήμην MA: ἐπιστήμης GF, ἐπιστήμονα H
4 ἀνθρώπου om. F
5 διδασκάλου MAH1: διδασκαλίαν GFH2 βαδίζειν A προσάγεται MA(H1) προεκτρέχειν L2 δὲ om. FL2
6 ἐξοικήσας ἄφθον’ ἀφ’ F ἐπίσταται G
7 λίαν G προυπαντῶσαν GF
8 ἀσκητὴ GF: ἀθλητῇ MAH
9 ἐπανῄει G: ἐπανίη εἴ A, ἐπανίη MHF ποῖ GF εἰσελθεῖν Mang.: ἐλθεῖν codd.
10 ἐπιμεληθείς GF
11 πῶς GF ἔχουσα ’
13 ἡ Θάμαρ GF παρέχουσα GF (sed cf. etiam Clem.)
14 ἶν’ GF
15 καταθεάσοιντο (om. τὸ) GF
16 παρθένειον MA εὐπρεπέστατον Α
18 ἀπολιπεῖν GF, καταλιπεῖν Α (cf. Clem.) ὁ om. GF
19 post ἀρχιστράτηγος add. καὶ στρατηγὸς MA ταῖς om. GF θεὸν om. F
20 πρὸς αὐτήν φησι MA
21 ἀλλ’] ἆρ᾿ Mang.

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11 ss. Clem. Alex Strom. I § .31 p. 334 P.: ἔχοις δ’ ἂν καὶ ἄλλην εἰκόνα τῶν εἰρημένων τὴν Θάμαρ ἐπὶ τριόδου καθεσθεῖσαν καὶ πόρνης δόξαν παρασχοῦσαν, ἢν ὁ φιλομαθὴς Ἰούδας — δυνατὸς δὲ ἑρμηνεύεται — ὁ μηδὲν ἄσκεπτον καὶ ἀδιερεύνητον καταλιπὼν ἐπεσκέψατο καὶ πρὸς αὐτὴν ἐξέκλινεν σῴζων τὴν πρὸς τὸν θεὸν ὁμολογίαν.

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