Philo Judaeus De Mutatione Nominum 106

ed. Paul Wendland

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[106] 18 τὸ μὲν κεφάλαιον εἴρηται, τὰς δὲ πίστεις ὑφηγήσεται. πρῶτον μὲν θεραπευτὴν αὐτὸν κρίσεως καὶ δίκης εἰσηγεῖται· ἡ γὰρ προσηγορία τῆς Μαδιὰμ μεταληφθεῖσα ἐκ κρίσεως ὀνομάζεται. διττὸν
δὲ τοῦτο. δηλοῖ γὰρ τὸ μὲν ἔκκρισιν καὶ ἀπόκρισιν, ἣ καὶ τοῖς ἀγωνισταῖς κατὰ τοὺς ἱεροὺς ἀγῶνας λεγομένους εἴωθε συμβαίνειν· μυρίοι γὰρ ἀνεπιτήδειοι φανέντες ἤδη πρὸς τῶν ἀθλοθετῶν ἐξεκρίθησαν.

De Mutatione Nominum. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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

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On the question why certain Names in the Holy Scriptures are changed First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, Volume 2. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 106 focus

The main part has now been explained; we will now proceed to adduce the proofs. In the first place the scripture represents him as the cultivator of judgment and of justice, for the name Midian, being interpreted, means "out of judgment." And this is said in a twofold sense, for some times it signifies both selection and rejection, such as usually happens to those who are competitors in those contests which are called sacred; for numbers as they appear not qualified, are rejected by the masters of the games.

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