Philo Judaeus De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia 173

ed. Paul Wendland

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[173] μαρτυρεῖ δὲ τὸ ἐπιλεγόμενον ἑξῆς· „ἐψώμισέ σε τὸ μάννα.“ ἆρά γε τὸν τὴν ἄπονον καὶ ἀταλαίπωρον τροφὴν δίχα σπουδῆς τῶν ἀνθρώπων οὐκ ἐκ γῆς, ὡς ἔθος, ἀναδοθεῖσαν, ἀπ’ οὐρανοῦ δέ, τεράστιον ἔργον, ἐπ’ εὐεργεσίᾳ τῶν χρησομένων παρασχόμενον ἄξιον λέγειν λιμοῦ καὶ κακώσεως ἢ τοὐναντίον
εὐθηνίας καὶ εὐετηρίας ἀδείας τε καὶ εὐνομίας αἴτιον;

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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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.) — 173 focus

[173] And what is said immediately afterwards is an evidence of this: "He fed thee with manna." Is it, then, proper to call that food which, without any exertion or hardship on his part, and without any trouble of his is given to man, not out of the earth as is usual, but from heaven, a marvellous work, afforded for the benefit of those who are to be permitted to avail themselves of it, the cause of hunger and affliction, and not rather, on the contrary, the cause of prosperity and happiness, of freedom from fear, and of a happy state of orderly living?

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