Philo Judaeus, De Abrahamo, ed. Leopold Cohn, 206

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[206] ταύτης ἕνεκα τῆς αἰτίας δοκεῖ μοι καὶ πρότερον γελάσασα ἡ ἀρετῆς ἐπώνυμος ¹ Σάρρα πρὸς τὸν πυνθανόμενον ἀρνήσασθαι τὸν γέλωτα (Gen. 18, 15), καταδείσασα μή ποτε ἄρα τὸ χαίρειν οὐδενὸς ὂν γενητοῦ, μόνου δὲ τοῦ θεοῦ, σφετερίζηται· διόπερ θαρσύνων αὐτὴν ὁ ἱερὸς λόγος φησί·

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.) — 206 focus

[206] For this reason, it seems to me to have been, that Sarah, ¹ the namesake of virtue, who had previously laughed, denied her laughter to the person who questioned her as to the cause of it, fearing lest she might be deprived of her rejoicing, as belonging to no created being, but to God alone; on which account the holy Word encouraged her, and said, "Be not afraid," thou hast laughed a genuine laugh, and thou hast a share in real joy;

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De Abrahamo

1.
1 μὲν om. CFGMA μεταληφθέντος τοῦ ὀνόματος om. Arm.
2 δέ HP ἐγγιγνόμενος CFGMA
3 καταλαμβάνεται CA τανῦν (vel τὰ νῦν) codd.: νῦν V εὐστάθεια Κ, εὐστάθεια BE
4 συμβούλου G
5 τὸ pr.] τῶ F ἀνθρώπινον ΒΕΚ: ἀνθρώπων CXiMA, τῶν ἀνθρώπων FHP
6 ἢ pr. om. CFG
7 ἐν χερσὶν om. CFG pcst ἀβουλήτοις add. χωρεῖν C 8.
9 παντὸς πάθους ἀμέτοχος BEK Arm: ἀμέτοχος παντὸς πάθους transp. ceteri
10 μόνη om. Arm post ὁμολογίαν add. ἔχειν ABE 11.
12 ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ BEK
12 καθόσον codd.
13 μόνον οὐ BE, μονονοὺ Κ: μόνον οὐχὶ ceteri
16 χρῆσθαι om. Arm
17 τοῦτον F ἀνίεσθαι CF1
18 ἡ] καὶ F κακίαις] μαλακίαις FC, μαλακείαις C
21 τὴν om. BE ἀλλὰ κέκραται scripsi: ἀλλ’ ἐγκέκραται KHP, ἀλλὰ κράματος CFGA, ἀλλὰ κρέμαται BE, ἀλλ’ ἐκκρέμαται M; κρᾶμά τι coni. Mang. κρείττονος] χείρονος voluit Mang.
23 ζοφερῷ om. BE κεκραμμένον HP φαίνει CF
24 καὶ πρότερον γελάσασα BEK: γελάσασα καὶ πρότερον transp. ceteri ἡ (τῆς add. Κ) ἀρετῆς ἐπώνυμος codd.: ἀρετῆς ἡ ἐπώνυμος Mang. ἀρετῆς] ἀρχῆς vel ἀρχούσης ἀρετῆς coni. Mang.

Philo Judaeus De Abrahamo 206

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