Philo Judaeus, De Mutatione Nominum, ed. Paul Wendland, 237

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[237] οὐκ εἰς οὐρανὸν ἀναπτῆναι δεῖ οὐδ’ ἄχρι περάτων γῆς καὶ θαλάττης ἐλθεῖν ἐπὶ τὴν σύλληψιν αὐτοῦ· ἀλλ’ ἐστὶν ἐγγύς, καὶ σφόδρα ἐγγύς. εἶτα μόνον οὐκ ὀφθαλμοφανῶς δείκνυσι· „πᾶν ἔργον“ φησί „τῷ στόματί σου καὶ τῇ καρδίᾳ καὶ ταῖς χερσί“ (Deut. 30, 12—14),
συμβολικῶς ἐν λόγοις, ἐν βουλαῖς, ἐν ἔργοις· ἐκ γὰρ εὐβουλίας καὶ εὐλογίας καὶ εὐπραξίας τὴν ἀνθρωπίνην εὐδαιμονίαν συνίστασθαι, ¹ ὥσπερ καὶ τὴν κακοδαιμονίαν ἐκ τῶν ἐναντίων.

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.) — 237 focus

[237] "It is not necessary to soar up to heaven, nor to go to the borders of the earth and sea, for the attainment of it, but it is near, yea, and very near." ¹ And then in a subsequent passage he shows it all but to the naked eye as one may say, where he says, "Every action is in thy mouth, or in thy heart, or in thy hands:" ² meaning under this symbolical expression, in thy words, or in thy designs, or in thy actions. For he means that human happiness consists in wise design, and good language, and righteous actions, just as the unhappiness arises from the contrary course.

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De mutatione nominum

1.
1 μὴ καὶ coni. Mang.
6 σταθμούμενος Β
7 ἰσώτατα coni. Mang.
12 εἰς] εἰς τὸ Hoesch.
14 τοῦ οἶφι conicio σεμιδάλεως e codice versionis LXX falso Mang. ἐπιχεεῖ ex LXX Mang.: ἐπιχρίσει codd.
15 λιβανωτόν Mang.
17 αὐτῆς ἐπιθήσει conicio; v. § 249
24 διανοίαις
25 Μωσῆς codd. ἀγαθοῦ Mang.: ἀγαθὴ codd., τἀγαθοῦ conicio
28 δείκνυσι. ἐν γάρ τῶ στόματί σου, φησί, καὶ conicio ἔργον] ῥῆμα ex LXX coni. Mang.
31 εὐδαιμονίαν ἀνθρωπίνην v

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