Philo Judaeus De Mutatione Nominum 123

ed. Paul Wendland

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[123] οὕτω μετεχαράχθη καὶ τὸ τοῦ λεχθέντος νόμισμα πρὸς ἰδέαν βελτίονα. ὁ δὲ Χάλεβ καὶ
αὐτὸς ὅλος ἀλλάττεται· „ἐγένετο“ γάρ φησι „πνεῦμα ἕτερον ἐν αὐτῷ“ (Num. 14,24), ὡσανεὶ τοῦ ἡγεμονικοῦ μεταβαλόντος πρὸς ἄκραν τελειότητα.

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.) — 123 focus

[123] In this way the coinage of the above mentioned description was changed and received the stamp of a better kind of appearance. And Caleb himself was changed wholly and entirely; "For," as the scripture says, "a new spirit was in him;" ¹ as if the dominant part in him had been changed into complete perfection; for the name Caleb, being interpreted, means, "the whole heart."

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