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. 3 |
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Page 17
... God proceeded to create the races of mortal creatures , making the beginning
with the aquatic animals on the fifth day , thinking that there was no one thing so
akin to another as the number five was to ani . mals ; for animate things differ from
...
... God proceeded to create the races of mortal creatures , making the beginning
with the aquatic animals on the fifth day , thinking that there was no one thing so
akin to another as the number five was to ani . mals ; for animate things differ from
...
Page 18
... of souls the most sluggish and the most weakly formed has been allotted to the
race of fishes ; and the most exquisitely ... the race of mankind , and one
something between the two to the races of terrestrial animals and those which
traverse ...
... of souls the most sluggish and the most weakly formed has been allotted to the
race of fishes ; and the most exquisitely ... the race of mankind , and one
something between the two to the races of terrestrial animals and those which
traverse ...
Page 63
God therefore sows and implants terrestrial virtue in the human race , being an
imitation and representation of the heavenly virtue . For , pitying our race , and
seeing that it is : exposed abundant and innumerablo evils , he firmly planted ...
God therefore sows and implants terrestrial virtue in the human race , being an
imitation and representation of the heavenly virtue . For , pitying our race , and
seeing that it is : exposed abundant and innumerablo evils , he firmly planted ...
Page 208
... accord also leaves all the corporeal essence which was attached to his soul ,
and is added to and made an inheritor with ( not the people , as the others whom
I have mentioned were ) , but with the “ race , " I as Moses says ; for “ race " is one
...
... accord also leaves all the corporeal essence which was attached to his soul ,
and is added to and made an inheritor with ( not the people , as the others whom
I have mentioned were ) , but with the “ race , " I as Moses says ; for “ race " is one
...
Page 295
They therefore who say that all thinking , and feeling , and speaking , are the free
gifts of their own soul , utter an impious and ungodly opinion , and deserve to be
classed among the race of Cain , who , though he was not able to master ...
They therefore who say that all thinking , and feeling , and speaking , are the free
gifts of their own soul , utter an impious and ungodly opinion , and deserve to be
classed among the race of Cain , who , though he was not able to master ...
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Page 71 - 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 168 - 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 229 - 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 153 - 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 476 - 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 163 - 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 296 - 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 164 - 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 275 - 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.
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| Title | 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 ... Volume 1 of The Works of Philo Judaeus: The Contemporary of Josephus, Philo (of Alexandria.) |
| Author | Philo (of Alexandria.) |
| Translated by | Charles Duke Yonge |
| Publisher | Henry G. Bohn, 1800 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 9 Nov 2006 |
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