Philo Judaeus, De Mutatione Nominum, ed. Paul Wendland, 87

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[87] διὰ τοῦτο τὸν μὲν Ἀβραάμ, ἐπειδὴ μένειν
ἔμελλεν ἐν ὁμοίῳ, μετωνόμασεν ὁ ἄτρεπτος θεός, ἵν’ ὑπὸ τοῦ ἑστῶτος καὶ κατὰ τὰ αὐτὰ καὶ ὡσαύτως ἔχοντος τὸ μέλλον στήσεσθαι παγίως ἱδρυθῇ, τὸν δὲ Ἰακὼβ ἄγγελος ὑπηρέτης τοῦ θεοῦ, λόγος, ἵν’ ὁμολογηθῇ μηδὲν εἶναι τῶν μετὰ τὸ ὂν ἀκλινοῦς καὶ ἀρρεποῦς αἴτιον βεβαιότητος, ἀλλ’ ἁρμονίας τῆς ὡς ἐν ὀργάνῳ μουσικῷ περιεχούσης ἐπιτάσεις
καὶ ἀνέσεις φθόγγων πρὸς τὴν τοῦ μέλους ἔντεχνον κρᾶσιν.

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.) — 87 focus

[87] For this reason God, who never changes, altered the name of Abraham, since he was about to remain in a similar condition, in order that that which was to be firmly established might be confirmed by him who was standing firmly, and who was remaining in the same state in the same manner. But it was an angel who altered the name of Jacob, being the Word, the minister of God; in order that it might be confessed and ascertained, that there is none of the things whose existence is subsequent to that of the living God, which is the cause or unchangeable and unvarying firmness. ... but of that harmony which, as in a musical instrument, contains the intensity and relaxation of sounds so as to produce an artistical combination of melody.

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