Philo Judaeus, De Praemiis Et Poenis Et De Exsecrationibus, ed. Leopold Cohn, 53

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[53] πᾶσαι μὲν οὖν αἱ ἀρεταὶ παρθένοι, καλλιστεύει δὲ ὡς ἐν χορῷ παραλαβοῦσα τὴν ἡγεμονίαν ἡ εὐσέβεια, ἣν ἐκληρώσατο διαφερόντως ὁ θεολόγος Μωυσῆς, δι’ ἣν μετὰ ¹²³ μυρίων ἄλλων, ἅπερ ἐν τοῖς γραφεῖσι περὶ τοῦ κατ’ αὐτὸν βίου μεμήνυται, τεττάρων ἄθλων ἐξαιρέτων τυγχάνει, [τυχὼν] βασιλείας, νομοθεσίας, προφητείας, ἀρχιερωσύνης.

De Praemiis Et Poenis Et De Exsecrationibus. Philo Judaeus. ed. Leopold Cohn. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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De Praemiis Et Poenis Et De Exsecrationibus (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 5. Cohn, Leonard, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1906.)

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On Rewards and Punishments First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 3. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1855.) — 53 focus

[53] therefore all the virtues are presented as virgins.

And the most excellent of all, having taken the post of leader as if in a chorus, is piety and righteousness, which Moses, the interpreter of the will of God, possessed in a most eminent degree. On which account, besides an innumerable host of other circumstances which are recorded of him in the accounts which have come down to us of his life, he has received also four most especial prizes, in being invested with sovereign power, with the office of lawgiver, with the power of prophecy, and with the office of high priest.

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De praemiis et poenis et De exsecrationibus

1.
2 γάρ] μὲν γὰρ A παιδεύεσθαι FAP: παιδευθῆναι Η (v)
4 εὐθιξίαις F: εὐθηξίαις HP, ἐν εὐεξίαις Α καὶ κόποις (sic) καὶ ἐπιβουλαῖς Α προγανουμένης conicio
5 αἷς] οἷς codd. (v) εὑρίσκει] ἂν εὑρίσκῃ Α
6 χαρτόν] χαρτή Α
7 περιπεποιημένω F φρόνησις F
8 πρακτικὸν] πνικὸν (i. e. πνευματικόν) Α βίος ἄριστος DR, ἄριστος βίος F: βίος οm. AHP (v)
9 κυβερνήτην D (v): κυβερνήτης codd. παραπέμψας FAD: ἄνωθεν παραπέμψας ΗΡ (v) ἐπὶ πρύμναν παραπέμψας transp. Α, ἐπὶ πρύμναν om. D
10 ἱκανὸν D πηδαλιουχῆσαι Α
13 τἀκόλουθα F τῶν λόγων HP: τὸν λόγον FA
14 ἑξῆς F: om. AHP (v) δ’ F 14.
15 παρὰ πολλοῖς Α: παρ’ ἄλλοις FHP (v)
17 μὲν om. L (Turn.)
18 pr. δ’ F ἀνδρεία codd.: ἀνδρίᾳ v
19 ἀντιθέους (sic) Α
20 μήθ’ FA: μήτε HP μήτε FHP: μήτ’ Α συμφέρουσιν scripsi: συμφέρονται codd. (v) αἱ om. Α
21 δ’ F 21.22 ἡ εὐσέβεια Α: ἡ δικαιοσύνη F, ἡ εὐσέβεια καὶ δικαιοσύνη HP (v)
22 μωσῆς codd. δι’ ἣν FAH1P: διὸ Η2 (v)

2. 7—11 DR fol. 131r τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐκ τοῦ περὶ ἄθλων καὶ ἐπιτιμίων Anton. Mel. II 17 Col. 1056 Φίλωνος: μετὰ τόν ἐν νεότητι πρακτικὸν βίον—οὐδὲν τῶν πραττομένων καλόν.

3. 10.11 DP fol. 97v Φίλωνος: χωρὶς θεωρίας ἐπιστημονικῆς οὐδὲν τῶν πραττομένων καλόν·

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