Philo Judaeus, De Decalogo, ed. Leopold Cohn, 161

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[161] ἑβδομάδι δὲ τὰς μεγίστας καὶ πολυημέρους ἑορτὰς προσένειμε κτὰ τὰς τοῦ ἔτους ἰσημηρίας,
ἐαρινὴν καὶ μετοπωρινήν, δύο δυσὶν ἀναθείς, ἑκατέραν ἐφ’ ἡμέρας ἑπτά, τὴν μὲν κατὰ τὸ ἔαρ ἐπὶ τελειώσει τῶν σπειρομένων, τὴν δὲ μετοπωρινὴν ἐπὶ συγκομιδῇ καρπῶν ἀπάντων, οὓς καὶ τὰ δένδρα ἤνεγκεν· ἑπτὰ δ’ ἡμέραι ἀπενεμήθησαν εἰκότως ἑπτὰ μησὶ τῆς ἰσημερίας ἑκατέρας, ἵνα μὴν ἕκαστος λαμβάνῃ γέρας ἐξαίρετον μίαν
ἱερὰν ἡμέραν ἑορτώδη πρὸς εὐθυμίαν καὶ ἀπόλαυσιν ἐκεχειρίας.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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De Decalogo (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 4. Cohn, Leonard, editor.Berlin: Reimer, 1902.)

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Concerning the Ten Commandments, which are the Heads of the Law First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 3. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1855.) — 161 focus

[161] But to the seventh day of the week he has assigned the greatest festivals, those of the longest duration, at the periods of the equinox both vernal and autumnal in each year; appointing two festivals for these two epochs, each lasting seven days; the one which takes place in the spring being for the perfection of what is being sown, and the one which falls in autumn being a feast of thanksgiving for the bringing home of all the fruits which the trees have produced.

And seven days have very appropriately been appointed to the seventh month of each equinox, so that each month might receive an especial honour of one sacred day of festival, for the purpose of refreshing and cheering the mind with its holiday.

Philo Judaeus De Decalogo 161

ed. Leopold Cohn

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