Philo Judaeus De Mutatione Nominum 248

ed. Paul Wendland

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[248] δίδυμος δὲ ὁ λόγος, ὁ μὲν ἀληθής, ὁ δὲ ψευδής· οὗ μοι δοκεῖ χάριν ζεύγει τρυγόνων ἢ περιστερῶν
ἐξομοιωθῆναι. τῶν δὲ πτηνῶν τὸ μὲν περὶ ἁμαρτίας φησὶ δεῖν εἶναι, τὸ δὲ ὁλοκαύτωμα θύειν, ἐπειδὴ τὸν μὲν ἀληθῆ λόγον ὅλον δι’ ὅλου συμβέβηκεν εἶναι ἱερόν τε καὶ τέλειον, τὸν δὲ ψευδῆ διημαρτῆσθαί τε καὶ ἐπανορθώσεως δεῖσθαι.

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.) — 248 focus

[248] on which account it appears to me to be here compared to a pair of turtle doves or young pigeons: and of these birds one he says is to be looked upon as a sin offering, and one is to be sacrificed as a burnt offering, since the speech which is true is wholly and in all respects sacred and perfect, but that which is false is very wrong and requires correction.

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