The Works of Philo Judaeus: On the creation of the world; On the allegories of the sacred laws; On the cherubim, and On the flaming sword, and On the first-born child of man, Cain; Of Cain and his birth; On the sacrifices of Abel and Cain; On the principle that the worse is accustomed to be always plotting against the better; On the posterity of Cain; On the giants; On the unchangeableness of God; On the tilling of the earth by Noah; About the planting of Noah; On drunkenness; On sobriety.- Vol. 2. On the confusion of languages; On the migration of Abraham; On the question, Who is the heir of divine things; On the meeting for the sake of receiving instruction; On fugitives; On the question why certain names in the Holy Scriptures are changed; On the doctrine that dreams are sent from God, Books I [and] II; On the life of the wise man made perfect by instruction, or, On the unwritten law, that is to say, on Abraham; On the life of a man occupied with affairs of state, or, On Joseph.- Vol. 3Henry G. Bohn, 1800 - Philosophy, Ancient |
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Page 49
... offerings , like handmaids , bring them to the mind as their master , leading with them persuasion as an advocate , to warn it against reject- ing any of them whatever . And the mind being immediately caught by the bait , becomes a ...
... offerings , like handmaids , bring them to the mind as their master , leading with them persuasion as an advocate , to warn it against reject- ing any of them whatever . And the mind being immediately caught by the bait , becomes a ...
Page 64
... offerings to God ; and this is his altar ; for it is inconsistent with this to say that there is any such thing as a work of the soul , when all things are referred to God , and to mingle barren things with those which are productive ...
... offerings to God ; and this is his altar ; for it is inconsistent with this to say that there is any such thing as a work of the soul , when all things are referred to God , and to mingle barren things with those which are productive ...
Page 94
... offering of the blood of the soul , and to sacrifice the whole mind to God the Saviour and Benefactor ; and certainly Nadab and Abihu , † who came near to God , and left this mortal life and received a share of immortal life , are seen ...
... offering of the blood of the soul , and to sacrifice the whole mind to God the Saviour and Benefactor ; and certainly Nadab and Abihu , † who came near to God , and left this mortal life and received a share of immortal life , are seen ...
Page 110
... offering up to him manly thought , the encourager to and prac- tiser of persevering courage . " For at three seasons of the year every male must appear before the Lord the God of Israel " * this is the injunction of the holy scriptures ...
... offering up to him manly thought , the encourager to and prac- tiser of persevering courage . " For at three seasons of the year every male must appear before the Lord the God of Israel " * this is the injunction of the holy scriptures ...
Page 141
... offering before the Lord , from the ram of consecration , and this was Moses's part . " * Speaking very accurately , for it was the conduct of one who was both a lover of virtue and a lover of God , after having contemplated the whole ...
... offering before the Lord , from the ram of consecration , and this was Moses's part . " * Speaking very accurately , for it was the conduct of one who was both a lover of virtue and a lover of God , after having contemplated the whole ...
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Page 75 - And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. The name of the first is Pison : that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold ; and the gold of that land is good : there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
Page 172 - And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.
Page 233 - And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it : and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.
Page 157 - And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna : for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the Lord hath given you to eat.
Page 480 - And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, 23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich...
Page 167 - That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Page 300 - And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
Page 168 - For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, saying ; Surely blessing I will bless thee ; and multiplying I will multiply thee.
Page 279 - Is there not Aaron thy brother the Levite? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.