Philo Judaeus, De Abrahamo, ed. Leopold Cohn, 51

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[51] τὸ γὰρ ἴδιον ὄνομα τοῖς ἐκείνων ἐναρμοσάμενος ἥνωσε, τὴν ἐκ τῶν τριῶν σύνθετον κλῆσιν ἐπιφημίσας ἑαυτῷ· "τοῦτο γάρ μου“ φησίν „ὄνομά ἐστιν αἰώνιον, θεὸς Ἀβραὰμ καὶ θεὸς Ἰσαὰκ καὶ θεὸς Ἰακώβ“ (cf. Exod. 3,15)—ἀντὶ τοῦ p. 9 M. καθάπαξ τὸ πρός τι· καὶ μήποτ’ εἰκότως· ὀνόματος γὰρ ὁ θεὸς οὐ δεῖται, μὴ
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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.) — 51 focus

[51] for having added his own peculiar name to their names he has united them together, appropriating to himself an appellation composed of the three names: "For," says God, "this is my everlasting name: I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob," ¹ using there the relative term instead of the absolute one; and this is very natural, for God stands in no need of a name. But though he does not stand in any such need, nevertheless he bestows his own title on the human race that they may ² have a refuge to which to betake themselves in supplications and prayers, and so may not be destitute of a good hope.

Philo Judaeus De Abrahamo 51

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