Philo Judaeus De Decalogo 86

ed. Leopold Cohn

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[86] τὸ γὰρ πρᾶγμα οὐ μικρόν, εἰ καὶ τῷ ἔθει καταφρονεῖται. μαρτυρία γάρ ἐστι θεοῦ περὶ πραγμάτων ἀμφισβητουμένων ὅρκος· μάρτυρα δὲ καλεῖν ἐπὶ ψεύδει θεὸν ἀνοσιώτατον. ἴθι γάρ, εἰ βούλει, τῷ λόγῳ διάκυψον εἰς τὴν τοῦ μέλλοντος ὀμνύναι διάνοιαν ἐπὶ ψεύδει· θεάσῃ γὰρ αὐτὴν
οὐκ ἠρεμοῦσαν, ἀλλὰ θορύβου καὶ ταραχῆς μεστήν, κατηγορουμένην καὶ πάσας ὕβρεις καὶ βλασφημίας ὑπομένουσαν.

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.) — 86 focus

[86] For an oath is the calling of God to give his testimony concerning the matters which are in doubt; and it is a most impious thing to invoke God to be witness to a lie.

Come now, if you please, and with your reason look into the mind of the man who is about to swear to a falsehood; and you will see that it is not tranquil, but full of disorder and confusion, accusing itself, and enduring all kinds of insolence and evil speaking;

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