Philo Judaeus, De Abrahamo, ed. Leopold Cohn, 196

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[196] ἐκ πολυπαιδίας μὲν οὖν ἕνα προέσθαι θεῷ καθάπερ ἀπαρχήν τινα τέκνων παράδοξον οὐδέν, ἔχοντα τὰς ἐπὶ τοῖς ζῶσιν ἡδονὰς ¹ οὐ μικρὰ παραμύθια καὶ μειλίγματα τῆς ἐπὶ τῷ σφαγιασθέντι λύπης· ὃν δὲ μόνον τις ἔσχεν ἀγαπητὸν διδοὺς λόγου παντὸς μεῖζον ἔργον διαπράττεται, μηδὲν οἰκειότητι χαριζόμενος, ἀλλ’ ὅλῃ τῇ ῥοπῇ πρὸς τὸ θεοφιλὲς ταλαντεύων.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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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.) — 196 focus

[196] Now there is nothing unnatural or extraordinary in devoting one child to God out of a numerous family, as a sort of first fruits of all one’s children, while one still has pleasure in those who remain alive, who are no small comfort and alleviation of the grief felt for the one who is sacrificed. But the man who gives the only beloved son that he is possessed of performs an action beyond all powers of language to praise, as he is giving nothing to his own natural affection, but inclining with his whole will and heart to show his devotion to God.

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De Abrahamo

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1 ἀνδρῶν ἀρετὰς transp. ΒΚ σινέσθωσαν om. in lac. C, συνέσθωσαν Κ, γινέσθωσαν G
2 εὐφημία BEK Arm: εὐφημίαις CFGMA, εὐφημεῖν HP
5 νομιζόμενον BEK Arm: νομίζομεν ὃν (1, νομίζομεν ὃ ceteri ἐπετήδευσεν Α ὡς om. Arm πώποτε τῶν BEK Arm: τῶν πώποτε ceteri
6 ἀλογῆσαι BEK Arm: ἀμελῆσαι ceteri ἄνευ δυσκολίας καὶ ἀηδίας BE Arm: κἀν δυσκλείας καὶ ἀηδίας Κ, κὰν ἀηδίας καὶ δυσκλείας ceteri (v) κἄν] καὶ FHP τε om. HP
7 ἦ scripsi: εἴη codd. παρὸ Κ, παρ’ ὃ BE: ὅθεν ceteri, om. Arm τῷ χρησθέντι Η
8 στερρότατ᾿ ἀνήνεγκεν FG ἔπειτα HP, ἐπεί τοι C, ἐπὶ τοῦ FG
9 παρὰ ἐνίοις KHP, σπανίοις BE ἀνθρωποκτονεῖν P τὴν συνέχειαν CFG τἀς] τῆς C
11 πράγματος BEK Arm: παραδείγματος ceteri
12 ἐπεσκεύαστο CFG φύσιν CFG 12.
13 γὰρ—μάχεσθαι om. in lac. C
12 γὰρ] ἀρ’ FG ὡς om. BE
13 ἔργον om. F πεποιημένος] κεκτημένος Arm
14 εὐθὺς] ἴσως coni. Mang.
15 σωφροσύνας Β, σώφρο(??)νας E ὅσαι] ἇί BE
16 δ’ ἔτι Α τὸ] τῶ BE
17 γεγενηκέναι MF, γεγενημέναι Α πίδα] υἱόν Κ ἐπιμεμήνασι corr. ex ἐπιμείνασι C, ἐπιμείνασι ΑG
18 τοκεῖς BEK: τοκῆες ceteri (v) 18.
19 μὴ καθ’ ἑτέρους CAG, μὴ καὶ (in ras.) ἑτέρους F
19 ἐλπίσειν CM. ἐλπίσιν AF ἔσεσθαι] εἰσαῦθις coni. Mang. ἐνταῦθα ἱσταμένης BEK: ἐν τούτω πεπαυμένης ceteri 19.
20 ἐπὶ τελευταίου καὶ ὑστάτου ὅρου conicio
20 ἕνα προέσθαι] ἐναποθέσθαι CFG
21 τοῖς ζῶσιν om. M

Philo Judaeus De Abrahamo 196

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