Philo Judaeus, De Decalogo, ed. Leopold Cohn, 53

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[53] ἐκτεθειώκασι γὰρ οἱ μὲν τὰς τέσσαρας ¹² ἀρχάς, γῆν καὶ ὕδωρ καὶ ἀέρα καὶ πῦρ, οἱ δ’ ἥλιον καὶ σελήνην καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους πλανήτας καὶ ἀπλανεῖς ἀστέρας, οἱ δὲ μόνον τὸν οὐρανόν, οἱ δὲ τὸν σύμπαντα κόσμον· τὸν δ’ ἀνωτάτω καὶ πρεσβύτατον, τὸν γεννητήν, τὸν ἄρχοντα τῆς μεγαλοπόλεως, τὸν στρατάρχην τῆς ἀηττήτου
στρατιᾶς, τὸν κυβερνήτην, ὃς οἰκονομεῖ σωτηρίως ἀεὶ τὰ σύμπαντα, παρεκαλύψαντο ψευδωνύμους προσρήσεις ἐκείνοις ἐπιφημίσαντες ἑτέρας ἕτεροι.

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

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

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

Translations (1)

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.) — 53 focus

[53] for some nations have made divinities of the four elements, earth and water, and air and fire. Others, of the sun and moon, and of the other planets and fixed stars. Others, again, of the whole world. And they have all invented different appellations, all of them false, for these false gods put out of sight that most supreme and most ancient of all, the Creator, the ruler of the great city, the general of the invincible army, the pilot who always guides everything to its preservation;

Notes on the current edition

De decalogo

1.
1 ἦν ἀναγκαῖον transp. H (v), ἦν om. M ταῦτά ἐστιν M
2 δὲ M: δ’ ceteri
4 ἐχάραξε H (Turn.) προτέρα] ἑτέρα M, om. Arm ἡ δ’ ἑτέρα] ἡ δὲ δευτέρα H (v)
5 δευτερείων] τῶν ἡσσόνων H (v) καλαὶ] καλεῖς M δὲ AP
6 ἑνὶ] ἐν M ἀνατέλλουσαι H (Turn.), ἀναγγέλλουσαι M Arm
7 ἐφιεμένου M αἰεὶ GH
9 χειροτμήτων M, χειροδμήτων F
10 ἐπὶ] ἐν AP θεοῦ πρόσρησιν M Arm: πρόσρησιν θεοῦ ceteri (v)
11 pr. καὶ om. M ἐδίας M
12 κοινῆ M τῆς] τῆς μέν H (Turn.) γραφῆς] πεντάδος coni. Mang. μὲν om. H (Turn.)
14 πεντὰς τὰς om. M
15 post περιέγει add. τούτων M (Mang.) μοιχείας M: μοιχειῶν ceteri (Turn.)
18 ποιουμένους corr. ex ποιούμενος H δ’ om. Arm μὲν om. Turn.
19 δὲ APDR ὦν] ἦς Arm
20 πλεῖστον] πρῶτον D
21 περὶ — ἐνιδρῦσθαι (22) om. D ἢ μόνον ἢ] ἡ μόνη M
22 ἐνιδρύεσθαι AP, ἐνιδρύσασθαι M ἐκτεθείκασι M, ἐκτεθεάκασι DR, ἐντεθεάκασι DP τὰς om. D

2. 18.
19 DR fol. 234r τοῦ αὐτοῦ: ἀρχὴ ἀρίστη πάντων μὲν θεός, ἀρετῶν δὲ εὐσέβεια.
20 — 281,6 DP fol. 266v DR fol. 230r Φίλωνος ἐκ τοῦ εἰς τὸν δεκάλογον: πλάνος τις— παρεκαλύψαντο.

Philo Judaeus De Decalogo 53

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