Philo Judaeus, De Mutatione Nominum, ed. Paul Wendland, 200

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[200] οἱ δὲ πρὸς ἄμυναν εὐτρεπεῖς τῶν οὕτως βεβήλων καὶ ἀκαθάρτων τρόπων δύο μέν εἰσιν ἀριθμῷ, Συμεὼν καὶ Λευί, γνώμῃ δὲ εἷς. διὸ καὶ ἐν ταῖς εὐλογίαις ὁ μὲν
πατὴρ αὐτοὺς ἐν τάξει ἑνὸς κατηρίθμει (Gen. 49,5), διὰ τὸ σύμφωνον τῆς ὁμονοίας καὶ τῆς πρὸς ἓν καὶ τὸ αὐτὸ μέρος ὁρμῆς. ὁ δὲ Μωυσῆς οὐδὲ δυάδος ἔτι μέμνηται, ἀλλ’ ὅλον τὸν p. 609 M. Συμεὼν εἰς τὸν Λευὶ ἐνεχάραξε (Deut. 33,8) δύο οὐσίας κερασάμενος, ἀφ’ ὧν ἕνα εἰργάσατο οἷον ἰδέᾳ μιᾷ τυπωθέντα, τὸ ἀκούειν τῷ πράττειν ἑνώσας.

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.) — 200 focus

[200] And those who are prepared to avenge themselves on such profane and impure dispositions are Simeon and Levi, ¹ two indeed in number, but only one in mind; on which account, in his blessings of his sons, their father numbers them together under one classification, on account of the harmonious character of their unanimity and of their violence in one and the same direction. But Moses does not make any mention of them afterwards as a pair, but classes the whole tribe of Simeon under that of Levi, combining together two essences, of which he made one impressed as it were with one idea and appearance, uniting hearing to doing.

Philo Judaeus De Mutatione Nominum 200

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