Philo Judaeus, De Mutatione Nominum, ed. Paul Wendland, 193

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[193] 36 ὁ μὲν οὖν ἀστεῖος ἐλάλει τῇ διανοίᾳ τὰ ἀστεῖα ὄντως, ὁ δὲ φαῦλος ἑρμηνεύει ἔστιν ὅτε παγκάλως τὰ καλά, πράττει δὲ αἰσχρῶς τὰ αἴσχιστα, καθάπερ καὶ Συχὲμ ὁ ἔγγονος ἀνοίας. Ἐμὼρ γάρ ἐστι πατρός, ὃς μεταληφθεὶς ὄνος καλεῖται, αὐτὸς δὲ ἑρμηνευθείς ἐστιν ὦμος, πόνου σύμβολον. ἄθλιος
δὲ καὶ ταλαιπωρίας μεστὸς πόνος, ὃν ἄνοια γεννᾷ, ὥσπερ ὠφέλιμος, ᾧ συγγενὴς ἀγχίνοια.

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.) — 193 focus

Therefore the good man was speaking and saying things which were really good in his mind. But the bad man at times interprets good things in a very excellent manner, but nevertheless does shameful things in a most shameful one, as Shechem does who is the offspring of folly. For he is the son of Hamon his father, and the name Hamon, being translated, means "an ass," but the name Shechem means "a shoulder" when interpreted, the symbol of labour. But that labour of which folly is the parent is miserable and full of suffering, as, on the other hand, that labour is useful to which prudence is related.

Philo Judaeus De Mutatione Nominum 193

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