(++) The Works of Philo Judaeus (1854-1855 Yonge), book

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The Works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus (1854-5) is a book by Charles Duke Yonge.

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Editions and translations

Published in London, England: Henry G. Bohn, 1954-5. Reprinted several times in London: G. Bell, 1856-1900. Reissued in Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1993.

Table of contents

Volume 1

  • 1. On the Creation of the World
  • 2. On the Allegories of the Sacred Laws
  • 3. On the Cherubim; and on the Flaming Sword; and on the First-Born Child of Man, Cain
  • 4. Of Cain and His Birth
  • 5. On the Sacrifices of Abel and Cain
  • 6. On the Principle that the Worse is accustomed to be always plotting against the Better
  • 7. On the Posterity of Cain
  • 8. On the Giants
  • 9. On the Unchangeableness of God
  • 10. On the Tilling of the Earth by Noah
  • 11. About the Planting of Noah
  • 12. On Drunkenness
  • 13. On Sobriety

Volume 2

  • 1. On the Confusion of Languages
  • 2. On the Migration of Abraham
  • 3. On the question, Who is the Heir of Divine Things
  • 4. On the Meeting for the sake of receiving Instruction
  • 5. On Fugitives
  • 6. On the question why certain Names in the Holy Scriptures are changed
  • 7. On the doctrine that dreams are sent from God
  • 8. On the Life of the Wise Man made perfect by Instruction; or, on the Unwritten Law, that is to say, on Abraham
  • 9. On the Life of a Man occupied with Affairs of State; or, on Joseph

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