Philo Judaeus, De Abrahamo, ed. Leopold Cohn, 81

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[81] 18 μαρτυρεῖ δὲ ¹ τοῖς εἰρημένοις καὶ ἡ τοῦ ὀνόματος ὑπαλλαγὴ καὶ μετάθεσις. ἐκαλεῖτο γὰρ Ἄβραμ τὸ ἀρχαῖον ὄνομα, προσερρήθη δ’ ὕστερον Ἀβραάμ, φωνῇ μὲν ἑνὸς στοιχείου τοῦ ἄλφα διπλασιασθέντος, δυνάμει δὲ μεγάλου πράγματος καὶ δόγματος ἐνδειξαμένου τὴν μεταβολήν.

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.) — 81 focus

And there is evidence in support of what has here been said to be derived from the change and alteration of his name: for he was anciently called Abram, but afterwards he was named Abraham: the alteration of sound being only that which proceeds from one single letter, alpha, being doubled, but the alteration revealing in effect an important fact and doctrine;

Notes on the current edition

De Abrahamo

1.
1 ὀφθαλμοὺς G
3 ἐκχεομένας ΒΕΚ Arm: χεομένας ceteri
4 ὁπόταν A οἶ KM: οἷα ceteri (v)
5 δὲ om. BEK ἐναργέστατον τῆς ἀποικίας BEK Arm: τῆς ἀποικίας ἐναργέστατον ceteri ἣν] ἣν AG ἀστρονομικῆς Arm
6 ἡ διάνοια] ἢ διανοίας BE 6.
7 εὐθὺς ἅμα τῆ μεταναστάσει BEK Arm: εὐθὺς ο post μεταναστάσει transp. ceteri
7 μεταστάσει FG
8 ὧι B, ὁ (pro ὧ) Arm δῆλον ὅτι CBEK: δηλονότι ceteri ἦν om. Arm. ἄστρων BEK
9 πορεία CMAH2P2 9.
10 ἔξω—καταλαμβάνων om. Arm
9 ἀνάρμοστον BE 10.
11 μετεχώρησε καὶ μεθωρμίσατο BEK Arm: μεθωρμ. καὶ μετεχ. ceteri
11 μεθωρμήσατο BEAP κατ’ ἀναγκαῖον ΜΗ1Ρ
12 οὐ πρυτανεύοντα ἀλλὰ om. BEK Arm (fort. recte)
13 ἀναβλέψασα BEK Arm (coni. Mang.): ἀντιβλέψασα ceteri πολὺ F
14 αὐτὴ Α ἐνθέρμοις MAHP: ἐν θερμοῖς ceteri
15 διαπόροις P 15.
16 ἀνασκεδάσασα—κρυπτομένου] ἀνασκεπτομένου (cet. om.) BE
16 ἀιδοῦς BE ἕνεκα ΒΕΚ: ἕνεκεν ceteri
17 ἀφικνουμένου τῆς ψυχῆς F ἑαυτὸν ΒΕΚ: αὑτὸν M, αὐτὸν ceteri
18 αὐτοῦ F τ’ ΜΗ2 ἦν om. ΒΚ 18.
19 τὸν—θεόν om. Α
19 ὅτι οὐχ transp. Κ ὤφθη ὁ θεὸς transp. ΒΚ
20 δι’ om. CFG αὑτοῦ ΕΚΗ: αὐτοῦ ceteri ὄν] ἀγαθόν Arm
21 ἑαυτὸν codd: ἑαυτὸ v ἐπιδείξαντος BEK: παραδείξαντος ceteri; προφήναντος et προδείξαντος coni. Mang.

Philo Judaeus De Abrahamo 81

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