Philo Judaeus, De Mutatione Nominum, Charles Duke Yonge (Translator), 44

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[44] For these and such things as these are symbols of the soul which in its inner parts shows itself pure towards God, and in its exterior parts shows itself without reproach in reference to the world which is perceptible to the outward senses and to this life: with great felicity therefore was this said to the victorious wrestler, when he was about to have his brows crowned with the garlands of victory: and the declaration made with respect to him was of the following tenor, "You have been mightily powerful both with God and with men;" ¹²³⁴⁵

De Mutatione Nominum. Philo Judaeus. Charles Duke Yonge (Translator). Germany. 2023-08-01.

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On the question why certain Names in the Holy Scriptures are changed (English) (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, Volume 2. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.)

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De Mutatione Nominum First1KGreek (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 3. Wendland, Paul, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1898.) — 44 focus

[44] ταῦτα γὰρ καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα σύμβολα ψυχῆς ἐστι καὶ τοῖς εἴσω πρὸς θεὸν ἁγνευούσης
καὶ [ἐν] τοῖς ἔξω πρὸς τὸν αἰσθητὸν κόσμον καὶ βίον καθαρευούσης. εὐστόχως οὖν ἐκεῖνο πρὸς τὸν παλαιστὴν νικηφόρον ἐλέχθη μέλλοντα τοῖς νικητηρίοις ἀναδεῖσθαι στεφάνοις. τὸ γὰρ ἐπ’ αὐτῷ p. 585 M. κήρυγμα τοιοῦτόν ἐστι· „ἴσχυσας μετὰ θεοῦ καὶ μετὰ ἀνθρώπων δυνατός“ (Gen. 32, 28).

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On the question why certain Names in the Holy Scriptures are changed

1. Genesis xxxii. 28.

2. Genesis xlviii. 15.

3. Deuteronomy xii. 28.

4. This passage is given up by Mangey as corrupt. The text has ταυ̃τα iSi καὶ εἰς τοὺς ὁμοίους εἲωθε χωρει̃ν, which is quite unintelligible. Mangey corrects it, ταυ̃τα δὲ τοι̃ς εἲσω καὶ ἔξω ὁμοίως εἲωθε καθαρεύειν of which he gives a Latin translation which I have followed,

5. Genesis xxxii. 28.

Philo Judaeus De Mutatione Nominum 44

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