Philo, Supplement II: Questions on Exodus

316 Pages·1953·6.19 MB·English

by  Philo Judaeus

THE LOEB CLASSICAL LIBRARY
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PHILO
SUPPLEMENT II
401

PHILO
IN TEN VOLUMES
(AND TWO SUPPLEMENTARY VOLUMES)
SUPPLEMENT
II
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
ON EXODUS
TRANSLATED FROM THE ANCIENT ARMENIAN
VERSION OF THE ORIGINAL GREEK BY
RALPH MARCUS, PH.D.
PROFESSOR OF HELLENISTIC CULTURE, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
LONDON
WILLIAM HEINEMANN LTD
MCMLXXXVH
American
ISBN 0-674-99442-6
British
ISBN 0 434 99401 4
First published 1953
Reprinted 1961, 1970, 1987
Printed in Great Britain by
Thomson Litho Ltd, East Kilbride, Scotland
CONTENTS OF SUPPLEMENT II
PAGE
LIST OF PHILO'S WORKS . . . .. vii
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON EXODUS—
Book I 2
Book II 35
APPENDIX A : GREEK FRAGMENTS OP THE QUAES-
TIONES 177
APPENDIX B : THE OLD LATIN VERSION OP QG IV.
154-245 265
INDEX . . .. . . . .277
V

LIST OF PHILO'S WORKS
SHOWING THEIR DIVISION INTO VOLUMES
IN THIS EDITION
VOLUME
I. On the Creation (De Opiflcio Mundi)
Allegorical Interpretation (Legum Allegoriae)
II. On the Cherubim (De Cherubim)
On the Sacrifices of Abel and Cain (De Sacriflciis
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)
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 Iterum Divinaruni 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 et
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 Iudaeis)
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.
2 Extant only in an Armenian version.
viii
EXODUS
SUPPL. II B