Philo Judaeus De Mutatione Nominum 261

ed. Paul Wendland

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[261] 45 Τέξεται οὖν σοι ἡ ἀρετὴ υἱὸν γενναῖον ἄρρενα (Gen. 17,19), παντὸς ἀπηλλαγμένον θήλεος πάθους, καὶ καλέσεις τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ υἱοῦ τὸ
πάθος, ὅπερ ἂν ἐπ’ αὐτῷ πάθῃς, πείσῃ δὲ πάντως χαράν· ὥστε καὶ τὸ σύμβολον αὐτῆς ὄνομα θήσεις, γέλωτα.

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.) — 261 focus

Virtue, therefore, will bring thee forth a legitimate male child, far removed from all effeminate passions; and thou shalt call the name of thy son by the name of the passion which thou feelest in regard to him; and thou wilt by all means feel joy; so that thou shalt give him a name which is an emblem of joy, namely, Laughter.

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