Philo Judaeus, De Abrahamo, ed. Leopold Cohn, 52

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[52] 11 ταῦτα μὲν οὖν ἐπ’ ἀνδρῶν ὁσίων εἰρῆσθαι δοκεῖ, ¹ μηνύματα δ’ ἐστὶ φύσεως ἀδηλοτέρας καὶ πολὺ βελτίονος τῆς ἐν αἰσθητοῖς. τρόπους γὰρ ψυχῆς ἔοικεν ὁ ἱερὸς διερευνᾶσθαι λόγος, ἀστείους ἅπαντας, τὸν μὲν ἐκ διδασκαλίας, τὸν δ’ ἐκ φύσεως, τὸν δ’ ἐξ ἀσκήσεως ἐφιέμενον τοῦ καλοῦ. ὁ μὲν γὰρ πρῶτος, ἐπίκλησιν Ἀβραάμ, σύμβολον
διδασκαλικῆς ἀρετῆς ἐστιν, ὁ δὲ μέσος, Ἰσαάκ, φυσικῆς, ὁ δὲ τρίτος, Ἰακώβ, ἀσκητικῆς.

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.) — 52 focus

This then is what appears to be said of these holy men; and it is indicative of a nature more remote from our knowledge than, and much superior to, that which exists in the objects of outward sense; for the sacred word appears thoroughly to investigate and to describe the different dispositions of the soul, being all of them good, the one aiming at what is good by means of instruction, the second by nature, the last by practise; for the first, who is named Abraham, is a symbol of that virtue which is derived from instruction; the intermediate Isaac is an emblem of natural virtue; the third, Jacob, of that virtue which is devoted to and derived from practise.

Notes on the current edition

De Abrahamo

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1 ἐλλειπής BECGM μὲν om. CFG μήπω BEK: οὔπω ceteri τούτου om. Arm
2 λιμένας BEK: λιμένα ceteri 2.
3 κατέρρειν A καταίρειν θαλαττεύουσιν om. Arm
3 aute θαλαττεύουσιν add. ἔτι MAHP θαλαττεύουσιν BEK: ἐνθαλαττεύουσιν ceteri
4 ἐπινοησάντων CFG, ἐπιπονησάντων coni. Mang. 4.
5 ἐκδεδήλωται Κ
5 δ’ F ἡ ἑτέρα ΒΕ Arm: ἡ om. ceteri
6 παιδικοῖς CFGA
7 ἀθλητῶν C
8 σῶμα σκιᾶς M, σώματος σκιὰν Α
9 τῶν] τὴν F οὑν om. CFG post οὖν add. καὶ KH1P, del. Η2
10 τέλος] γένος F
11 προειπεῖν CFH2: προσειπεῖν ceteri
12 τούτοις CFGMA
14 πάντα FG φιλοθέους] θεοφιλοῦς C, θεοφιλοῦς FG ante ὁμοῦ add. καὶ G θεοφιλῶς F ἀγαπήσαντος in ras. F
16 αἷς corr. ex οἷς B, οἷς E
17 #x003E; κοινωνῆσαι (vel κοινωνῆσαι τῆς #x003E; προσρήσεως αὐτούς) conicio αὐτοῦ BEIv: αὐτούς G Arm, αὐτῆς Α, αὐτοῖς ceteri (probat Wendl.)
18 ἁρμοσάμενος BE
19 αὐτῶ BEK
20 καὶ utrumque om. BE καθάπαξ] ἅπαξ OFG, καθ’ ἅπαν Mang.
21 τὸ] τὰ Arm
22 τῷ om. F
23 ἵν᾿ BEK: ἶνα ceteri ἱκεσίαν G ἄμοιροι ὦσιν BEK
24 post οὖν add. ὡς Arm ἐπ’ ἀνδρῶν om. BE ὁσίων] vel delendum vel scribendum τριῶν censuit Mang.

Philo Judaeus De Abrahamo 52

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