Philo Judaeus De Decalogo 47

ed. Leopold Cohn

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[47] ἐγγυᾶται δέ μου τὸν λόγον ὁ νόμος, ἐν ᾧ γέγραπται· „πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ἑώρα τὴν φωνήν“ (Exod. 20, 18)· ἐμφαντικώτατα· τὴν μὲν γὰρ ἀνθρώπων ἀκουστὴν εἶναι συμβέβηκεν, ὁρατὴν δὲ ὡς ἀληθῶς τὴν θεοῦ. διὰ τί; ὅτι
ὅσα ἂν λέγῃ ὁ θεός, οὐ ῥήματά ἐστιν ἀλλ’ ἔργα, ἅπερ ὀφθαλμοὶ πρὸ ὤτων δικάζουσι.

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.) — 47 focus

[47] And the law testifies to the accuracy of my statement, where it is written, "And all the people beheld the voice most evidently." For the truth is that the voice of men is calculated to be heard; but that of God to be really and truly seen. Why is this? Because all that God says are not words, but actions which the eyes determine on before the ears.

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