Philo Judaeus, De Abrahamo, ed. Leopold Cohn, 191

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[191] δοκῇ μάρτυρας ἐπαγόμενος ὧν εὐσέβει; 35 στόμασιν οὖν ἀχαλίνοις καὶ κακηγόροις θύρας ἐπιθέντες μετριαζέτωσαν τὸν ἐν αὑτοῖς ¹ μισόκαλον φθόνον καὶ ἀρετὰς ἀνδρῶν εὖ βεβιωκότων μὴ σινέσθωσαν, ἃς ἁρμόττον ἦν εὐφημίᾳ συνεπικοσμεῖν. ὅτι δὲ τῷ ὄντι ἐπαινετὴ καὶ ἀξιέραστος ἡ πρᾶξις, ἐκ πολλῶν εὐμαρὲς ἰδεῖν.

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.)

Translations (1)

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.) — 191 focus

Therefore putting a barrier on their unbridled and evil-speaking mouths, let them moderate that envy in themselves which hates everything that is good, and let them forbear to attack the virtues of men who have lived excellently, which they ought rather to reward and decorate with panegyric. And that this action of Abraham’s was in reality one deserving of praise and of all love, it is easy to see from many circumstances.

Notes on the current edition

De Abrahamo

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1 εἰς τὸ παρὸν Α εἰς om. AHP (Turn. Mang.) καὶ δυσκαρτέρητα om. Arm
4 ἐξευμαρίζον Mang: ἐξευμαριζόντων codd. ἐξευμενιζόντων Κ), ἐξευμαρίζεσθαι Arm; καὶ τὰς ὑπ’. τῶν φοβ. ἐξευμαρίζειν conicio
5 δέος Α ὁ] οὐ Κ ἀκουσίοις Κ
7 ἀπ’ ἀνθρώπων] ἀπ’ om. ΒΕΚΑ, ἁπάντων H (Turn. Mang.) S μᾶλλον om. Α
9 θανάτου MK (forf. recte) καὶ om. KL(v)
10 σωτηρίας τῶν τέκνων BEKA: τῆς τέκνων σωτηρίας M, τῆς τῶν τέκνων σωτηρίας HP ἐρεύνησον ΑΒΕ εἰ om. Α
13 ἔθνος] ἔθος Η1Ρ
14 ἐπεβίωσε ΒΚΑ, ἐβεβίωσε E: ἐβίωσε ceteri ὡς] ἐν Κ δρωμένων] ὁρωμένων coni. Mang.; cf. 28,16 1.5 κεκρατῆσθαι] κεχρῆσθαι coni. Mang. (sic Arm) 15.
16 οὐδὲ οὐδὲ—ἀνθρώπων] οἱ δὲ φόβω τῶ ἀπ’ ἀνθρώπων. οὖτος δὲ οὔτε φόβω τῶ ἀπ’ ἀνθρώπων C
16 ἦν om. FG οὐδὲ γὰρ] οὔτε GFG αὐτῶν G μόνως λόγιον HP, ὁμολόγιον Fd
17 ἤδη F1 κοινὴ κατείληφεν BEK: κατεῖχε κοινή ceteri ἣν FG
18 τοῦ BEK Arm: om. ceteri ἔπαινον BEK: τὸν παρὰ add. ceteri
19 ἐπὶ τὴν πρᾶξιν ὥρμησε BEK Arm: ὥρμησεν ἐπὶ τὴν πρᾶξιν transp. ceteri ἐν ἐρημία BEK Arm: ἐπ’ ἐρημία ceteri
20 ἐπευφημίσειν F1H δυοῖν CBKHP
21 ἀπολειφθέντων BEK Arm: ὑπολειφθέντων ceteri καὶ ἐνεπιδείκνυσθαι om. BEK ἐπιδείκνυσθαι F
22 εὐσέβει BEK: εὐσεβεῖ ceteri
23 ἀχαλίνοις] καὶ χαλινοῖς G; καὶ ἀχαλίνοις Mang. ἐν BEK: ἐπ’ ceteri αὐτοῖς codd.

Philo Judaeus De Abrahamo 191

ed. Leopold Cohn

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