Philo Judaeus, De Fuga Et Inventione, ed. Paul Wendland, 139

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[139] διδαχθήσονται δὲ ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοπρόπου, ὅτι „οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ ἄρτος, ὃν ἔδωκε κύριος αὐτοῖς φαγεῖν“ (ibid. 15). τίς οὖν ὁ ἄρτος, εἰπέ. „τοῦτο“ φησί „τὸ ῥῆμα ὃ συνέταξε κύριος“ (ibid. 16). ἡ θεία σύνταξις αὕτη τὴν ὁρατικὴν ψυχὴν φωτίζει ¹ τε ὁμοῦ καὶ γλυκαίνει, φέγγος μὲν τὸ ἀληθείας ἀπαστράπτουσα, πειθοῖ δέ, ἀρετῇ γλυκείᾳ, τοὺς διψῶντας καὶ πεινῶντας καλοκἀγαθίας ἐφηδύνουσα.

De Fuga Et Inventione. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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De Fuga Et Inventione (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 3. Wendland, Paul, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1898.)

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On Fugitives First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 2. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 139 focus

[139] What then is this bread? Tell us. "This," says he, "is the word which the Lord has appointed." This divine appointment at the same time both illuminates and sweetens the soul, which is endowed with sight, shining upon it with the beams of truth, and sweetening with the sweet virtue of persuasion those who thirst and hunger after excellence.

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De fuga et inventione

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1 ἧς Turn.: ἦ G2H, ἦ G1
3 Μωσῆς codd. ἤδεσαν Η
9 καὶ σφόδρ’ G: σφόδρα Η δοθὲν Markland 9.
10 ἀγνοοῦσιν Η
10 μέλιτος μὲν conicio
11 χιῶνος GH1
14 αὐτὴ G

Philo Judaeus De Fuga Et Inventione 139

ed. Paul Wendland

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