Philo Judaeus De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia 7

ed. Paul Wendland

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[7] καλὸν οὖν εὔχεσθαι τὴν ἀρετὴν μὴ μόνον τίκτειν, ἣ καὶ δίχα εὐχῆς εὐτοκεῖ, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἡμῖν αὐτοῖς τίκτειν, ἵνα τῶν σπερμάτων καὶ γεννημάτων αὐτῆς μεταλαγχάνοντες εὐδαιμονῶμεν. εἴωθε
γὰρ θεῷ μόνῳ τίκτειν, τὰς ἀπαρχὰς ὧν ἔτυχεν ἀγαθῶν εὐχαρίστως ἀποδιδοῦσα τῷ τὴν ἀειπάρθενον μήτραν, ὥς φησι Μωυσῆς, ἀνοίξαντι (Gen. 29, 31).

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.) — 7 focus

[7] It is well, therefore, to pray that virtue may not only bring forth, since she is prolific even without a prayer, but that she also may bring for us; in order that we, receiving a share of her seed and of her offspring, may be happy. For she is accustomed to bring forth children to God alone, restoring with burning gratitude the first fruits of all the blessings which she has received, to him, who, as Moses says, "opened her womb," ¹ which was at all times virgin.

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