Philo Judaeus, De Mutatione Nominum, ed. Paul Wendland, 69

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[69] 10 τὰ μὲν οὖν τοῦ Ἀβρὰμ σύμβολα οὕτως ἀκριβοῦται, τὰ δὲ τοῦ Ἀβραάμ, ὡς ὑποδείξομεν· ἦν δὲ τρία,
πατὴρ καὶ ἐκλεκτὸς καὶ ἠχοῦς. φαμὲν δὴ τὴν μὲν ἠχὼ τὸν προφορικὸν εἶναι λόγον — τοῦ γὰρ ζῴου ἠχεῖον ὄργανόν ἐστι τὸ φωνητήριον —, τούτου δὲ πατέρα τὸν νοῦν — ἀπὸ γὰρ διανοίας ὥσπερ ἀπὸ πηγῆς φέρεται τὸ τοῦ λόγου νᾶμα —, p, 589 M. ἐκλεκτὸν δὲ τὸν τοῦ σοφοῦ· ὅ τι γὰρ ἄριστον, ἐν τούτῳ.

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.) — 69 focus

Now the symbols represented by the name of Abram are thus accurately defined; those conveyed under the name of Abraham are such as we shall proceed to demonstrate. The meanings now are three, "the father," and "elect," and "of sound." Now by the word "sound" here, we mean uttered speech; for the sounding organ of the living animal is the organ of speech. Of this faculty we say that the father is the mind, for it is from the mind, as from a fountain, that the stream of speech proceeds. The word "elect" belongs to the mind of the wise man, for whatever is most excellent is found in him;

Philo Judaeus De Mutatione Nominum 69

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