Philo Judaeus De Mutatione Nominum 45

ed. Paul Wendland

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[45] τὸ γὰρ καθ’ ἑκατέραν τάξιν εὐδοκιμῆσαι, καὶ τὴν πρὸς τὸ
ἀγένητον καὶ τὴν πρὸς τὸ γενόμενον, οὐ μικρᾶς ἐστι διανοίας, ἀλλ’, εἰ δεῖ τἀληθὲς εἰπεῖν, κόσμου καὶ θεοῦ μεθορίου· συνόλως τε προσήκει τὸν ἀστεῖον ὀπαδὸν εἶναι θεοῦ· μέλει γὰρ τῷ πάντων ἡγεμόνι καὶ πατρὶ τοῦ γενομένου.

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.) — 45 focus

[45] for to have a good reputation with both classes, namely, with the uncreated God and with the creature, is the task of no small mind, but, if one must say the truth, it is one fit for that which is in the confines between the world and God. In short, it is necessary that the good man should be an attendant of God, for the creature is an object of care to the Ruler and Father of the universe;

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