Philo Judaeus De Mutatione Nominum 44

ed. Paul Wendland

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[44] ταῦτα γὰρ καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα σύμβολα ψυχῆς ἐστι καὶ τοῖς εἴσω πρὸς θεὸν ἁγνευούσης
καὶ [ἐν] τοῖς ἔξω πρὸς τὸν αἰσθητὸν κόσμον καὶ βίον καθαρευούσης. εὐστόχως οὖν ἐκεῖνο πρὸς τὸν παλαιστὴν νικηφόρον ἐλέχθη μέλλοντα τοῖς νικητηρίοις ἀναδεῖσθαι στεφάνοις. τὸ γὰρ ἐπ’ αὐτῷ p. 585 M. κήρυγμα τοιοῦτόν ἐστι· „ἴσχυσας μετὰ θεοῦ καὶ μετὰ ἀνθρώπων δυνατός“ (Gen. 32, 28).

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.) — 44 focus

[44] For these and such things as these are symbols of the soul which in its inner parts shows itself pure towards God, and in its exterior parts shows itself without reproach in reference to the world which is perceptible to the outward senses and to this life: with great felicity therefore was this said to the victorious wrestler, when he was about to have his brows crowned with the garlands of victory: and the declaration made with respect to him was of the following tenor, "You have been mightily powerful both with God and with men;" ¹²³⁴⁵

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