Philo Judaeus, De Mutatione Nominum, ed. Paul Wendland, 39

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[39] 5 Οὗτοι μὲν δὴ τὴν ἔνθεον μανίαν μανέντες ἐξηγριώθησαν, ἕτεροι δ’ εἰσὶν οἱ τῆς τιθασοῦ καὶ ἡμέρου σοφίας ἑταῖροι. τούτοις καὶ εὐσέβεια διαφερόντως ἀσκεῖται καὶ τὰ ἀνθρώπεια οὐχ ὑπερορᾶται. μάρτυρες δ’ οἱ χρησμοί, ἐν οἷς λέγεται τῷ Ἀβραὰμ ἐκ προσώπου τοῦ θεοῦ·
„εὐαρέστει ἐνώπιον ἐμοῦ“ (Gen. 17, 1), τοῦτο δ’ ἐστὶ μὴ ἐμοὶ μόνῳ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς ἐμοῖς ἔργοις παρ’ ἐμοὶ κριτῇ, ὡς ἐφόρῳ καὶ ἐπισκόπῳ.

De Mutatione Nominum. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

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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.) — 39 focus

These men then, being mad with this divinely inspired madness, were made more ferocious; but there are others who are companions of a more manageable and humanised wisdom. By those men piety is practised to a most eminent degree, and the observance due to man is not neglected. And the sacred oracles are witnesses of this in which Abraham is addressed (the words being put in the mouth of God), "Thou shalt be pleasing in my sight," ¹ that is to say, thou shalt be pleasing, not only to me but also to my works, in my eyes as judge, and overseer, and superintendant;

Philo Judaeus De Mutatione Nominum 39

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