Philo Judaeus De Decalogo 37

ed. Leopold Cohn

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[37] λεκτέον οὖν ἓν μέν, ὅτι βούλεται κάλλιστον ἀναδιδάξαι μάθημα τοὺς ἐντυγχάνοντας ταῖς ἱεραῖς γραφαῖς, ὡς ἄρα καθ’ αὑτὸν εἷς ἕκαστος, ὅταν ᾖ νόμιμος καὶ θεῷ καταπειθής, ἰσότιμός ἐστιν ὅλῳ ἔθνει πολυανθρωποτάτῳ, μᾶλλον
δὲ καὶ πᾶσιν ἔθνεσιν, εἰ δὲ δεῖ περαιτέρω προελθόντα εἰπεῖν, καὶ παντὶ τῷ κόσμῳ.

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.) — 37 focus

[37] We must say, therefore that he is desirous here to teach that most excellent lesson to those who read the sacred scriptures, that each separate individual by himself when he is an observer of the law and obedient to God, is of equal estimation with a whole nation, be it ever so populous, or I might rather say, with all the nations upon earth. And if I were to think fit I might proceed further and say, with all the world;

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