Philo Judaeus, De Mutatione Nominum, ed. Paul Wendland, 154

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[154] 29 Ταύταις εἰκὸς ἦν ταῖς ὑποσχέσεσι τὸν νοῦν ἐκφυσηθέντα
μετέωρον ἀρθῆναι. ὁ δὲ πρὸς p. 602 ἔλεγχον ἡμῶν, οἳ καὶ ἐπὶ τοῖς ¹ μικροτάτοις εἰώθαμεν ὑψαυχενεῖν, πίπτει καὶ εὐθὺς γελᾷ (Gen. 17, 17) τὸν ψυχῆς γέλωτα, σκυθρωπάζων μὲν τῷ προσώπῳ, μειδιῶν δὲ τῇ διανοίᾳ, πολλῆς καὶ ἀκράτου χαρᾶς εἰσοικισαμένης.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

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.) — 154 focus

It was natural then for the mind, being puffed up by these promises, to be elated and raised to an undue height in its own estimation; and accordingly, by way of producing conviction in us, who were accustomed to hold up our heads at the slightest trifles, "it falls down and immediately laughs the laughter of the soul," looking mournful as to its face, but smiling in its mind a great and unmixed joy having entered into it:

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De mutatione nominum

1.
4 οἰακονόμος seclusi, vid. add. adverbium (βεβαίως?) οἰκονομεῖ Α οἰκίαν conicio
5 χώρας Β
7 κατεβάλλετο B
10 ὑφ’ conicio 10.
11 προσερρέθησαν V, προσερρύησαν coni. Mang., προσευρέθησαν conicio
11 χωρήσει] διεχωρίσθη coni. Mang.
18 ὁ μῦθος conicio
23 ἀνωμολογῆσθαι coni. Mang. Μωσῆν codd.
28 ἐν seclusi ἐναρέτοις coni. Mang.
29 κατεσχημένος Mang.: κατισχημένος codd.
30 ταῖς Α

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