Philo Judaeus, De Mutatione Nominum, ed. Paul Wendland, 110

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[110] 19 ἓν μὲν δὴ τοῦτο ἐκ τῆς Μαδιὰμ ἐδηλοῦτο· ἕτερον δὲ τὸ κριτικὸν καὶ δικαστικὸν εἶδος, ὃ καὶ κατ’ ἐπιγαμίαν οἰκειοῦται γένει τῷ προφητικῷ. „τῷ ἱερεῖ“, φησὶν οὖν, τῆς
κρίσεως καὶ τῆς δίκης „εἰσὶν ἑπτὰ θυγατέρες“ (Exod. 2, 16), συμβολικῶς αἱ τοῦ ἀλόγου δυνάμεις, γονή τε καὶ φωνὴ καὶ πέντε αἰσθήσεις, ¹ ποιμαίνουσαι τὰ πρόβατα τοῦ πατρός.

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.) — 110 focus

This now is one of the things which are shown by the name of Midian; another is that more excellent and judicial species which by the affinity of marriage is connected with the ¹²³ prophetic race. The scripture then says, "The priest of judgment and justice" (that is to say, of Midian) "has seven daughters;" ⁴

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De mutatione nominum

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3 θρεμμάτων Mang.: ἀημάτων codd.
7 ὑφηγήσεται αὐτὸς Μωυσῆς conicio
9 ἐκκρίσεως Β
13 τε seclusi τελετὰς ἀνιέρους τὰς conicio
14 στόμια scripsi: στόματα codd. ἄνωθεν coni. Mang.
16 ἀφεῖσαν (vel ἠφάνισαν?) scripsi: ἐπήεσαν codd., ἐπίεσαν coni. Mang., ἔπεμωαν coni. Cohn
18 ἀνακύψαι coni. Maug.
19 τρανὸς] θεραπευτὴς coni. Mang., τρανὸς λόγος conicio, sed fort. maior lacuna statuenda
20 κατεσχημένος Hoesch: κατισχημένος codd.
26 σῶος πᾶς coni. Mang.
28 κριτικὸν Mang.: κρεῖττον codd.
30 ἤσαν ex LXX coni. Mang.

Philo Judaeus De Mutatione Nominum 110

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