Philo Judaeus, De Abrahamo, ed. Leopold Cohn, 116

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[116] πῶς γὰρ ἂν τὴν ἀρχὴν εἰσελθεῖν ὑπέμειναν, εἰ μὴ καθάπερ
νεὼς εὖ συντεταγμένον πλήρωμα τοὺς ἔνδον ἅπαντας ᾔδεσαν ἑνὶ ¹ πειθαρχοῦντας κελεύσματι τῷ τοῦ προεστηκότος ὡσανεὶ κυβερνήτου; πῶς δ’ ἂν ἑστιωμένων καὶ ξενιζομένων παρέσχον ὑπόληψιν, εἰ μὴ τὸν ἑστιάτορα συγγενῆ καὶ ὁμόδουλον ἡγοῦντο τῷ αὐτῶν προσπεφευγότα δεσπότῃ; νομιστέον μέντοι καὶ κατὰ τὴν εἴσοδον αὐτῶν ἔτι μᾶλλον ἐπιδοῦναι πάντα
τὰ μέρη τῆς οἰκίας πρὸς τὸ βέλτιον αὔρᾳ τινὶ τελειοτάτης ἀρετῆς ἐπιπνευσθέντα.

De Abrahamo. Philo Judaeus. ed. Leopold Cohn. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

De Abrahamo (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 4. Cohn, Leonard, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1902.)

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On the Life of the Wise Man made perfect by Instruction or, on the Unwritten Law, that is to say, on Abraham First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, Volume 2. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 116 focus

[116] For how could they ever have endured to enter a human habitation at all, unless they had been certain that all the inhabitants within, like the well-managed and orderly crew of a ship, obeyed one signal only, namely, that of their master, as the sailors obey the command of the captain? And how would they ever have condescended to assume the appearance of guests and men feasted hospitably, if they had not thought that their entertainer was akin to them, and a fellow servant with them, bound to the service of the same master as themselves? We must think indeed that at their entrance all the parts of the house became improved and advanced in goodness, being breathed upon with a certain breeze of most perfect virtue.

Notes on the current edition

De Abrahamo

1.
1 ταὐτῶ BEK: τῶ αὐτῶ ceteri
2 ἐμπρεπές BKMA: εὐπρεπές ceteri οὐδ’ codd.: οὐχ Turn. Mang. ὑπισχνουμένους HP, ὑπισχνουμένης Α
4 ἀπεγνώκεσαν BEK: ἀπέγνωσαν ceteri παίδων coni. Mang. οὑν BEK: γοῦν ceteri 4.
5 τὴν γυναῖκα ἐν ἀρχῆ BEK: ἐν ἀρχὴ τὴν γυναῖκα transp. ceteri
5 γελάσαι φησὶ transp. Κ φησὶ BEK: φασὶ ceteri ταῦτ’ CFGMA G τῶ θεῶ BEK: θεῶ ΜΑΗ2, θεοῦ CFGH1P πᾶν ῥῆμα BEK: πᾶν om. ceteri ἠρνῆσθαι Κ, ἠρνεῖσθαι BE: ἀρνήσασθαι ceteri
8 πρῶτον om. Arm ὁμοίαν CBEK: ὅμοιον ceteri, ὁμοίως Arm
9 προφητῶν BEK: προφητῶν τινων ceteri μεταβαλλόντων MFG(v)
10 ἰδέαν] οὐσίαν P
11 ὂν] ἦν Α ἀρετῆς μείζονος BEK Arm: μείζονος ἀρετῆς ceteri
12 εἴπομεν] εἴρηται BEK ἧς] εἰς F σαφέστερον BE
13 εἰ δ’] ἦς BE, εἰς Arm 13.
14 μακάριον οἶκον BEK Arm: οἶκον post τινες transp. ceteri
14 καταταχθῆναι Α, καταχθῆναι om. CFG διατρῖψαι CFG
15 ἀξιώσαντας] ἀνακύψαντας BE οὐδ’ ΒΕΚ: οὐδὲ ceteri
16 ἐνεώρων BEK: ἑώρων ceteri ὄντων BEK Arm: om. ceteri post ἀνίατον add. ὄν BE δ’ ΒΕΚ
17 φῶ] ἐφ’ ὧ BE
18 καταταχθῆναι Α ἀγγέλων Κ ἀνθρώπων C
20 ἡμῶν om. BE
21 διαστέλλει CFG ἂν om. BEK
22 συντεταγμένης Arm τοὺς] τῆς C πάντας ΗΡ

Philo Judaeus De Abrahamo 116

ed. Leopold Cohn

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