Philo Judaeus, De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia, ed. Paul Wendland, 8

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[8] καὶ γὰρ τὴν λυχνίαν, τὸ ἀρχέτυπον τοῦ μιμήματος παράδειγμα, ἐκ τοῦ ἑνὸς μέρους φησὶ φαίνειν, δηλονότι τοῦ πρὸς θεόν· ἑβδόμη γὰρ οὖσα καὶ μέση τῶν ἓξ καλαμίσκων δίχα διῃρημένων
εἰς τριάδας, ἑκατέρωθεν δορυφορούντων, ἄνω τὰς αὐγὰς ἀποστέλλει πρὸς τὸ ὄν, λαμπρότερον ἡγουμένη τὸ φέγγος ἢ ὡς δύνασθαι ¹

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.) — 8 focus

[8] For he also says that the lamp, that archetypal model after which the copy is made, shines in one part, that is to say, in the part which is turned towards God. ¹ For since that completes the number of seven, and stands in the middle of the six branches, which are divided into two lots of three each, acting as body-guards to it on either side, it sends its rays upwards toward that one being, namely God, thinking its light too brilliant for mortal sight to be able to stand its proximity.

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1. 2.
3 ἀριθμὸν] χρόνον conicio
3 ἑκάστοις om. GF
4 δὲ] τὲ A
7 ἡ] εἰ ἡ M ἐὰν] ἂν GF
8 γὰρ τελείους coni. Mang.
9 αὐτῆς om. F τὴν addidi
10 οἷς] ἧς ΑL2
11 ἀφῆκε Α θήσειν H2, θύειν FL
12 Σάρρα codd. ἀρετὴν G ἔτικτεν GF μὲν Om G 12.
13 ἐμοὶ δ’ οὐκ ἔτικτεν MA, bis habet G: οὐκ ἔτικτε δ’ ἐμοὶ H, om. F
13 ἐδυνάμην G πω om. A, πως F ταύτης F
14 εὐτοκεῖν GF ult. τὸ om. F
15 παιδίων Η οὕς] ἅς F
16 ἄληκτοι Mang.: ἄλεκτοι codd.
17 ἀστείων G εὔχεσθαι GFH2: δέχεσθαι MA(H1)
18 ἥ] ἢ AGF εὐτοκεῖν GF, ἀτοκεῖ Turn.
19 γενημάτων M μεταλαχόντες GF
20 μόνον F
21 ἀεὶ παρθένον F Μωσῆς GF
22 τὸ om. G
23 δῆλον ὅτι G
24 οὔσα om. F καυλίσκων L1 24.
25 διειρημένων H
25 τριάδας GF (Mang.): τριάδος M, τριάδα ΑΗ
26 ὄν Mang.: ἒν MAH, om. GF ἐλλαμπρότερον GF, λαμπρότατον Turu. φέγγος MAU: τέλος GF

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