Philo Judaeus, De Mutatione Nominum, ed. Paul Wendland, 194

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[194] φασὶ γοῦν οἱ χρησμοὶ ὅτι "ἐλάλησε κατὰ τὴν διάνοιαν τῆς παρθένου“ ταπεινώσας αὐτὴν πρότερον ὁ Συχέμ (Gen. 34,2. 3). ἆρ’ οὐκ ἐξητασμένως ἐλέχθη τὸ "ἐλάλησε κατὰ τὴν διάνοιαν τῆς παρθένου“, μονονοὺκ εἰς δήλωσιν τοῦ τἀναντία οἷς εἶπεν εἰργασμένου; Δεῖνα γάρ ἐστιν ἡ ἀδέκαστος κρίσις, ἡ p. 608 M. πάρεδρος θεοῦ δίκη, ¹ ἡ ἀειπάρθενος· ἑρμηνεύεται γὰρ ἑκάτερον Δεῖνα, κρίσις ἢ δίκη.

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.) — 194 focus

[194] Accordingly the holy scriptures tell us that, "Shechem spake according to the mind of the virgin, having first humbled her." ¹ Is it not said then, with great purpose and accuracy, that he spake according to the mind of the damsel, for the purpose of showing distinctly that he acted in a contrary manner to that in which he spoke? For Dinah means "incorruptible judgment:" justice the attribute seated by God, the everlasting virgin; for the name Dinah, being interpreted, means either thing, "judgment" or "justice."

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De mutatione nominum

1.
4 fort. οἷόν τε add.
6 χρώμενος Markland: χώματος codd.
8 Μωσῆς codd.
11 παρὰ ex περὶ corr, B2 12.
13 ὡς δεκάτην λόγων ἱεράν] ἑτέρας δεκάτας ἑκατοστὸν λόγον περιεχούσας (v. § 2) vel δεκάτην ὡς ἀπαρχὴν ἱεράν conicio, δεκάτην ἑκαστοστῷ λόγῳ ἱερὰν coni. Mang.
16 τῆς] τοὺς· conicio τὴν ψυχὴν B2
17 τέλειον add. Mang. ἐννενήκοντα codd. διαλείψεις per errorem Mang.
18 δευτέρας δεκάτης conicio
19 post μέσου multa, quibus de nonagenarii numeri vi ageretur, excidisse coni. Mang.
21 μὲν ἔστιν conicio
23 ὄνος man. recentissima in mg. (Hoesch.): ὦμος AB
28 οὐκ Mang.: οὑν codd. ἐλαλήθη Β
29 μόνον οὐκ codd.

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