Philo Judaeus De Fuga Et Inventione 50

ed. Paul Wendland

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[50] τὸν γὰρ σοφίας οἶκον εὔδιον καὶ γαληνὸν λιμένα εὑρήσεις, ὃς ἐνορμιζόμενόν σε ῥᾳδίως ὑποδέξεται· σοφίας δὲ ὄνομα Βαθουὴλ ἐν χρησμοῖς ᾄδεται, τοῦτο δὲ μεταληφθὲν
θυγάτηρ θεοῦ προσαγορεύεται, καὶ γνησία γε θυγάτηρ καὶ ἀειπάρθενος, ἀψαύστου καὶ ἀμιάντου φύσεως ἐπιλαχοῦσα διά τε τὴν ἑαυτῆς κοσμιότητα καὶ διὰ τὸ ἀξίωμα τοῦ γεννήσαντος.

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.) — 50 focus

[50] for you will find the house of wisdom a calm and secure haven, which will gladly receive you when you are anchored within it. But Bethuel in the sacred scriptures is called wisdom; and this name, being translated, means "the daughter of God;" and the legitimate daughter, always a virgin, having received a nature which shall never be touched or defiled, both on account of her own orderly decency, and also because of the high dignity of her Father.

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