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.) — 65 focus
[65] But such things as these are the
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characteristic marks of different powers; small marks of great powers, marks perceptible by the outward senses of powers appreciable only by the intellect, manifest marks of powers which are indistinct; and the powers themselves are discerned in most excellent doctrines, in true and pure conceptions, in the improvement of souls. And it is easy to see a proof of this if we make a beginning with the man who is here spoken of as having his name changed;
Notes on the current edition
De mutatione nominum
1.
1 στοιχείῳ περιττεύει seclusi, στοιχείου περιττοῦ Markland ἑτέρου conicio προσθέσει scripsi: προσθείς codd., προσθήκῃ Markland τοῦ scripsi: τὸ codd.
2 τὸν μέν γάρ Ἀβρὰμ Ἀβραάμ προσθεὶς ἕτερον ἄλφα καὶ τὴν conicio add. δὲ Mang. Ἄβραμ B
3 τὸ Hoesch.: τὴν codd. 4.
5 οὗν φρενοβλαβείας scripsi: φρενοβλαβείας οὑν codd.
8 καὶ om. Β τὰς τοιαύτας #x003E; ὑπονοίας coni. Mang.
9 ταῦτα Β: ταῦτα τὰ A ἀπάσης (om. τὰ) coni. Mang.
10 γὰρ addidi φωνάεντα A
11 γεννήσας] alterum ν erasit Β
12 ὃν scripsi: ὃς codd. 12.
13 ὃς καὶ πάντων δι’ ἐπιστήμης ἐχώρησε coni. Mang.
13 πᾶν ex LXX Mang.: πάντα codd.
14 ὁ] αὐτὸ conicio
15 ὁπότε coni. Cohn 16.
17 ἀρχηγέτῃ ἀνθρώπων Β
18 φωνάεντα AB
23 ψυχῆς βελτιώσεσιν Mang.: ψυχαῖς βελτίοσιν codd.
1 στοιχείῳ περιττεύει seclusi, στοιχείου περιττοῦ Markland ἑτέρου conicio προσθέσει scripsi: προσθείς codd., προσθήκῃ Markland τοῦ scripsi: τὸ codd.
2 τὸν μέν γάρ Ἀβρὰμ Ἀβραάμ προσθεὶς ἕτερον ἄλφα καὶ τὴν conicio add. δὲ Mang. Ἄβραμ B
3 τὸ Hoesch.: τὴν codd. 4.
5 οὗν φρενοβλαβείας scripsi: φρενοβλαβείας οὑν codd.
8 καὶ om. Β τὰς τοιαύτας #x003E; ὑπονοίας coni. Mang.
9 ταῦτα Β: ταῦτα τὰ A ἀπάσης (om. τὰ) coni. Mang.
10 γὰρ addidi φωνάεντα A
11 γεννήσας] alterum ν erasit Β
12 ὃν scripsi: ὃς codd. 12.
13 ὃς καὶ πάντων δι’ ἐπιστήμης ἐχώρησε coni. Mang.
13 πᾶν ex LXX Mang.: πάντα codd.
14 ὁ] αὐτὸ conicio
15 ὁπότε coni. Cohn 16.
17 ἀρχηγέτῃ ἀνθρώπων Β
18 φωνάεντα AB
23 ψυχῆς βελτιώσεσιν Mang.: ψυχαῖς βελτίοσιν codd.
2.
20 sqq. Orig. Comment. in Gen. p.
30 (ad Gen. 17,5): τὰς ἑρμηνείας τῶν ὀνομάτων ζήτει· δυνάμει γάρ ὠνομάσθησαν ὑπό τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος. ἀλλὰ μὴν καὶ τοῦτο χρὴ εἰδέναι, ὅτι τὰ ὀνόματα ἕξεων ἐστι καὶ καταστάσεων καὶ δυνάμεων δηλωτικά· ἐξ ὧν ἔστιν ἰδεῖν τὴν ἐπιτηδειότητα τοῦ ὀνομαζομένου. Homil. in Num. XXV
3 p. 366 (cf. etiam Philonis quaest. in Gen. III § 43).
20 sqq. Orig. Comment. in Gen. p.
30 (ad Gen. 17,5): τὰς ἑρμηνείας τῶν ὀνομάτων ζήτει· δυνάμει γάρ ὠνομάσθησαν ὑπό τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος. ἀλλὰ μὴν καὶ τοῦτο χρὴ εἰδέναι, ὅτι τὰ ὀνόματα ἕξεων ἐστι καὶ καταστάσεων καὶ δυνάμεων δηλωτικά· ἐξ ὧν ἔστιν ἰδεῖν τὴν ἐπιτηδειότητα τοῦ ὀνομαζομένου. Homil. in Num. XXV
3 p. 366 (cf. etiam Philonis quaest. in Gen. III § 43).