Philo Judaeus, De Decalogo, ed. Leopold Cohn, 50

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[50] 12 Ἃ μὲν οὖν ἀναγκαῖον ἦν προδηλῶσαι, ταῦτ’ ἐστίν. ἐπ’ αὐτὰ δὲ ἤδη τρεπτέον τὰ λόγια καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐν τούτοις ἐρευνητέον διάφορα. δέκα τοίνυν ὄντα διένειμεν εἰς δύο πεντάδας, ἃς δυσὶ στήλαις ἐνεχάραξε, καὶ ἡ μὲν προτέρα πεντὰς τὰ πρωτεῖα ἔλαχεν, ἡ δ’ ἑτέρα δευτερείων ἠξιοῦτο· καλαὶ δ’ ἀμφότεραι καὶ βιωφελεῖς, εὐρείας ὁδοὺς
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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.) — 50 focus

These, then, were the things which it was necessary to explain beforehand.

But now we must turn to the commands themselves, and investigate everything which is marked by especial importance or difference in them.

Now God divided them, being ten, as they are, into two tables of five each, which he engraved on two pillars. And the first five have the precedence and pre-eminence in honour; but the second five have an inferior place assigned to them. But both the tables are beautiful and advantageous to life, opening to men wrought and level roads kept within limits by one end, so as to secure the unwavering and secure progress of that soul which is continually desiring what is most excellent.

Philo Judaeus De Decalogo 50

ed. Leopold Cohn

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