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 |
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Page 41
... never have distinguished by his own resources without the sen sations . And it follows of necessity that an imitation of a perfectly beautiful model must itself be perfectly beautiful , for the word of God surpasses even that beauty ...
... never have distinguished by his own resources without the sen sations . And it follows of necessity that an imitation of a perfectly beautiful model must itself be perfectly beautiful , for the word of God surpasses even that beauty ...
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... never ceases from making something or other ; but , as it is the property of fire to burn , and of snow to chill , so also it is the property of God to be creating . And much more so , in proportion as he himself is to all other beings ...
... never ceases from making something or other ; but , as it is the property of fire to burn , and of snow to chill , so also it is the property of God to be creating . And much more so , in proportion as he himself is to all other beings ...
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... never desists from creating something , but that when he appears to do so he is only be- ginning the creation of something else ; as being not only , the Creator , but also the Father of everything which exists . VIII . " This is the ...
... never desists from creating something , but that when he appears to do so he is only be- ginning the creation of something else ; as being not only , the Creator , but also the Father of everything which exists . VIII . " This is the ...
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... from spices ; for they , although they be preserved intact , and are not exposed to fire or fumigation , do never- theless emit a certain fragrance . Exodus vii , 1 . XIV . " And God planted a paradise in Eden 62 PHILO JUDÆUS .
... from spices ; for they , although they be preserved intact , and are not exposed to fire or fumigation , do never- theless emit a certain fragrance . Exodus vii , 1 . XIV . " And God planted a paradise in Eden 62 PHILO JUDÆUS .
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... never sets , and is never extinguished , but it is its nature to be always rising . And as I imagine , the rising sun fills the darkness of the air with light , so also does virtue when it has arisen in the soul , irradiate its mist ...
... never sets , and is never extinguished , but it is its nature to be always rising . And as I imagine , the rising sun fills the darkness of the air with light , so also does virtue when it has arisen in the soul , irradiate its mist ...
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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.