Philo Judaeus, De Fuga Et Inventione, ed. Paul Wendland, 59

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[59] οὕτως ¹² p. 555 M. οἱ μὲν ἱερεῖς Ναδὰβ καὶ Ἀβιούδ, ἵνα ζήσωσιν, ἀποθνῄσκουσιν θνητῆς ζωῆς ἄφθαρτον ἀντικαταλλαττόμενοι βίον καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ γενομένου πρὸς τὸ ἀγένητον μετανιστάμενοι· ἐφ’ ὧν τὰ σύμβολα τῆς ἀφθαρσίας ᾄδεται, ὅτι ἐτελεύτησαν ἐνώπιον κυρίου (Lev. 10,2), τουτέστιν ἔζησαν· νεκρὸν γὰρ
οὐ θέμις εἰς ὄψιν ἐλθεῖν τοῦ θεοῦ. καὶ πάλιν τοῦτό ἐστιν ὃ εἶπε κύριος· „ἐν τοῖς ἐγγίζουσί μοι ἁγιασθήσομαι“ (Lev. 10,3), „νεκροὶ δ’,“ ὡς καὶ ἐν ὕμνοις λέγεται, „οὐκ αἰνέσουσι κύριον“ (Psalm 113,25)·

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.) — 59 focus

[59] Thus, the priests, Nadab and Abihu, die in order that they may live; taking an immortal existence in exchange for this mortal life, and departing from the creature to the uncreated God. And it is with reference to this fact that the symbols of incorruptibility are thus celebrated: "Then they died before the Lord;" ¹ that is to say, they lived; for it is not lawful for any dead person to come into the sight of the Lord. And again, this is what the Lord himself has said, "I will be sanctified in those who come nigh unto me." ²"But the dead," as it is also said in the Psalms, "shall not praise the Lord," ³

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De fuga et inventione

1.
1 ἐπιθῆτε τὸ (τὸν G2) πλησίον G
4 φθορᾶς G, φορᾶς G2 ut vid.
6 ὁ om. H
7 ἀπηλλάγην Turn.: ἀπηλλάγειν codd.
11 εἰσαεὶ ἀθανάτου H, sed εἰ ἁ iu ras. Η2: εἰς ἀποθανάτου G1, ὡς ἀθανάτου G2
12 ἐπιστοῦτο G2H2: εἰπιστοῦτο G1, εἶτα ἐπιστοῦτο ’ ἑνὶ μέντοι ὧδε G
13 ante κυρίω add. τῶ H1, del. H2
14 οἶδε G: εἶδεν H
16 σήμερον om. L ἀπέραντος coni. Mang.
18 δείγματα coni. Mang.
20 τότε G ὑπέρ GH: ὑπὸ v τότε G ὑπὸ G: ὑπὲρ H
21 ἐπὶ τούτω G2
27 ἀσάρκῳ καὶ ἀσωμάτῳ secl. Cohn κατασχῆσαι Η1 ut vid.

2.
8 cf. Heracliti fragm.
67 Byw.
16 17 cf. vol. I ad p. 118,31. 23.
24 Origenes in Psalin.
88 p. 776: κακία δὲ καὶ ἀγνῶσί θάνατος ψυχῆς λογικῆς, ζωὴ δὲ ἀρετὴ καὶ ὦσις.

Philo Judaeus De Fuga Et Inventione 59

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