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Philo Of Alexandria, On The Life Of Abraham, 270

nan But not only do the holy scriptures bear witness to the faith of Abraham in the living God, which faith is the queen of all the virtues, but moreover he is the first man whom they speak of as an elder; though they were men who had preceded him who had lived three times as many years (or even more still) as he had, not one of whom is handed down to us as worthy of the appellation. And may we not say that this is in strict accordance with natural truth? For he who is really an elder is looked upon as such, not with reference to his length of time, but to the praiseworthiness of his life.

Intertexts (texts cited often on the same page as the searched text):

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1. Hebrew Bible, Genesis, 23.6 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) 23.6. שְׁמָעֵנוּ אֲדֹנִי נְשִׂיא אֱלֹהִים אַתָּה בְּתוֹכֵנוּ בְּמִבְחַר קְבָרֵינוּ קְבֹר אֶת־מֵתֶךָ אִישׁ מִמֶּנּוּ אֶת־קִבְרוֹ לֹא־יִכְלֶה מִמְּךָ מִקְּבֹר מֵתֶךָ׃ 23.6. ’Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us; in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.’"
2. Philo of Alexandria, On The Life of Abraham, 276, 275 (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE) 275. Thus much is sufficient to say on this subject. But God, adding to the multitude and magnitude of the praises of the wise man one single thing as a crowning point, says that "this man fulfilled the divine law, and all the commandments of God," not having been taught to do so by written books, but in accordance with the unwritten law of his nature, being anxious to obey all healthful and salutary impulses. And what is the duty of man except most firmly to believe those things which God asserts?
3. Philo of Alexandria, On The Confusion of Tongues, 14 (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE) 14. Those, then, who put these things together, and cavil at them, and raise malicious objections, will be easily refuted separately by those who can produce ready solutions of all such questions as arise from the plain words of the law, arguing in a spirit far from contentious, and not encountering them by sophisms drawn from any other source, but following the connection of natural consequences, which does not permit them to stumble, but which easily puts aside any impediments that arise, so that the course of their arguments proceeds without any interruption or mishap.
4. Philo of Alexandria, On The Change of Names, 15-17, 147 (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE) 147. And this is why he only says that he will give her one son. And now he called it a son, not speaking carelessly or inconsiderately, but for the sake of showing that it is not a foreign, or a supposititious, nor an adopted, nor an illegitimate child, but a legitimate child, a proper citizen, inasmuch as a foreign child cannot be the offspring of a truly citizen soul, for the Greek word teknon (son), is derived from tokos (bringing forth), by way of showing the kindred by which children are, by nature, united to their parents. XXVII.
5. Philo of Alexandria, On Dreams, 1.160-1.161 (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE) 1.160. But do not fancy that it is an accidental thing here for him to be called in this place the God and Lord of Abraham, but only the God of Isaac; for this latter is the symbol of the knowledge which exists by nature, which hears itself, and teaches itself, and learns of itself; but Abraham is the symbol of that which is derived from the teaching of others; and the one again is an indigenous and native inhabitant of his country, but the other is only a settler and a foreigner; 1.161. for having forsaken the language of those who indulge in sublime conversations about astronomy, a language imitating that of the Chaldaeans, foreign and barbarous, he was brought over to that which was suited to a rational being, namely, to the service of the great Cause of all things.

Subjects of this text:

subject	book bibliographic info
abraham	Geljon and Runia (2019), Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary, 189; Wilson (2010), Philo of Alexandria: On Virtues: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary, 407
astrology	Wilson (2010), Philo of Alexandria: On Virtues: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary, 407
babel	Geljon and Runia (2019), Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary, 189
external goods	Geljon and Runia (2019), Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary, 189
faith	Geljon and Runia (2019), Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary, 189
health	Wilson (2010), Philo of Alexandria: On Virtues: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary, 407
isaac	Wilson (2010), Philo of Alexandria: On Virtues: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary, 407
jacob	Wilson (2010), Philo of Alexandria: On Virtues: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary, 407
levites	Geljon and Runia (2019), Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary, 189
literalists	Geljon and Runia (2019), Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary, 189
nobility	Wilson (2010), Philo of Alexandria: On Virtues: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary, 407
piety	Geljon and Runia (2019), Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary, 189
plutarch	Geljon and Runia (2019), Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary, 189
providence	Wilson (2010), Philo of Alexandria: On Virtues: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary, 407
scripture allegorical interpretation,deeper meaning	Geljon and Runia (2019), Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary, 189
scripture allegorical interpretation,literal interpretation	Geljon and Runia (2019), Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary, 189
scripture allegorical interpretation	Geljon and Runia (2019), Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary, 189
sycophant'	Geljon and Runia (2019), Philo of Alexandria: On Planting: Introduction, Translation and Commentary, 189