Philo, Volume II: On the Cherubim. The Sacrifices of Abel and Cain. The Worse Attacks the Better. On the Posterity and Exile of Cain. On the Giants

513 Pages·1929·8.75 MB·English

by  Philo Judaeus

THE LOEB CLASSICAL LIBRARY
FOUNDED BY JAMES LOEB
EDITED BY
G. P. GOOLD
PREVIOUS EDITORS
Τ. E. PAGE E. CAPPS
W. H. D. ROUSE L. A. POST
Ε. H. WARMING TON
PHILO
II
LCL 227

PHILO
VOLUME II
WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY
F. H. COLSON
AND
G. H. WHITAKER
HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
LONDON,ENGLAND
First published 1929
Reprinted 2950, 1958, 296S, 1979, 1994
ISBN 0-674-99250-4
Printed in Great Britain by St Edmundsbury Press Ltd,
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, on acid-free paper.
Bound by Hunter b- Foulis Ltd, Edinburgh, Scotland.
CONTENTS
ON THE CHERUBIM, THE FLAMING SWORD,
AND CAIN
Introduction 3
Text and Translation 8
ON ABEL AND THE SACRIFICES OFFERED BY
HIM AND BY CAIN
Introduction 88
Text and Translation 94
THAT THE WORSE IS WONT TO ATTACK
THE BETTER
Introduction 198
Text and Translation 202
ON THE POSTERITY OF CAIN AND HIS EXILE
Introduction 323
Text and Translation 328
ON THE GIANTS
Introduction 443
Text and Translation 446
APPENDICES 481
CONTENTS
PAGE
ON THE GIANTS—
Introduction 443
Text and Translation 446
APPENDIX 481
vi
LIST OF PHILO'S WORKS
SHOWING THEIR DIVISION INTO VOLUMES
IN THIS EDITION
VOLUME
I. On the Creation (De Opificio Mundi)
Allegorical Interpretation (Legum Allegoriae)
II. On the Cherubim (De Cherubim)
On the Sacrifices of Abel and Cain (De Sacrificiis
Abelis et Caini)
The Worse attacks the Better (Quod Deterius Potiori
insidiari solet)
On the Posterity and Exile of Cain (De Posteritate
Caini)
III. On the Unchangeableness of God (Quod Deus im-
mutabilis sit)
On Husbandry (De Agricultura)
v
On Noah's Work as a Planter (De Plantatione)
On Drunkenness (De Ebrietate)
On Sobriety (De Sobrietate)
IV. On the Confusion of Tongues (De Confusione Lin-
guarum)
On the Migration of Abraham (De ,Migratione
Abrahami)
Who is the Heir (Quis Rerum Divinarum Heres)
On the Preliminary Studies (De Congressu quaerendae
Eruditionis gratia)
V· On Flight and Finding (De Fuga et Inventione)
On the Change of Names (De Mutatione Nominum)
On Dreams (De Somniis)
VI. On Abraham (De Abrahamo)
On Joseph (De Iosepho)
Moses (De Vita Mosis)
vii
LIST OF PHILO'S WORKS
VOLUME
VII. On the Decalogue (De Decalogo)
On the Special Laws Books I-III (De Specialibus
Legibus)
VIII. On the Special Laws Book IV (De Specialibus Legi­
bus)
On the Virtues (De Virtutibus)
On Rewards and Punishments (De Praemiis te
Poenis)
IX. Every Good Man is Free (Quod Omnis Probus Liber
sit)
On the Contemplative Life (De Vita Contemplativa)
On the Eternity of the World (De Aeternitate Mundi)
Flaccus (In Flaccum)
Hypothetica1 (Apologia pro ludaeis)
On Providence1 (De Providentia)
X. On the Embassy to Gaius (De Legatione ad Gaium)
GENERAL INDEX TO VOLUMES I-X
SUPPLEMENT
I. Questions and Answers on Genesis2 (Quaestiones
et Solutiones in Genesin)
II. Questions and Answers on Exodus 2 (Quaestiones et
Solutiones in Exodum)
GENERAL INDEX TO SUPPLEMENTS I-II
1 Only two fragments extant.
8 Extant only in an Armenian version.
viii
ON THE CHERUBIM, AND THE
FLAMING SWORD, AND
CAIN THE FIRST MAN
CREATED OUT OF MAN
(DE CHERUBIM)