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Philo Of Alexandria, On The Sacrifices Of Cain And Abel, 14

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What, then, is the truth in these matters which we are considering? Why, that wickedness is older than virtue in point of time, but younger in power and rank. Therefore, when the birth of the two is narrated, let Cain have the precedence; but when a comparison of their pursuits is instituted, then let Abel be the first;

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1. Hebrew Bible, Exodus, 13.11-13.13 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)

13.11. וְהָיָה כִּי־יְבִאֲךָ יְהוָה אֶל־אֶרֶץ הַכְּנַעֲנִי כַּאֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע לְךָ וְלַאֲבֹתֶיךָ וּנְתָנָהּ לָךְ׃ 13.12. וְהַעֲבַרְתָּ כָל־פֶּטֶר־רֶחֶם לַיהֹוָה וְכָל־פֶּטֶר שֶׁגֶר בְּהֵמָה אֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה לְךָ הַזְּכָרִים לַיהוָה׃ 13.13. וְכָל־פֶּטֶר חֲמֹר תִּפְדֶּה בְשֶׂה וְאִם־לֹא תִפְדֶּה וַעֲרַפְתּוֹ וְכֹל בְּכוֹר אָדָם בְּבָנֶיךָ תִּפְדֶּה׃

13.11. And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanite, as He swore unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee," 13.12. that thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the womb; every firstling that is a male, which thou hast coming of a beast, shall be the LORD’s." 13.13. And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break its neck; and all the first-born of man among thy sons shalt thou redeem."

2. Hebrew Bible, Genesis, 4.1-4.2 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)

4.1. וַיֹּאמֶר מֶה עָשִׂיתָ קוֹל דְּמֵי אָחִיךָ צֹעֲקִים אֵלַי מִן־הָאֲדָמָה׃ 4.1. וְהָאָדָם יָדַע אֶת־חַוָּה אִשְׁתּוֹ וַתַּהַר וַתֵּלֶד אֶת־קַיִן וַתֹּאמֶר קָנִיתִי אִישׁ אֶת־יְהוָה׃ 4.2. וַתֹּסֶף לָלֶדֶת אֶת־אָחִיו אֶת־הָבֶל וַיְהִי־הֶבֶל רֹעֵה צֹאן וְקַיִן הָיָה עֹבֵד אֲדָמָה׃ 4.2. וַתֵּלֶד עָדָה אֶת־יָבָל הוּא הָיָה אֲבִי יֹשֵׁב אֹהֶל וּמִקְנֶה׃

4.1. And the man knew Eve his wife; and she conceived and bore Cain, and said: ‘I have agotten a man with the help of the LORD.’" 4.2. And again she bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground."

3. Hebrew Bible, Numbers, 28.2 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)

28.2. וּמִנְחָתָם סֹלֶת בְּלוּלָה בַשָּׁמֶן שְׁלֹשָׁה עֶשְׂרֹנִים לַפָּר וּשְׁנֵי עֶשְׂרֹנִים לָאַיִל תַּעֲשׂוּ׃ 28.2. צַו אֶת־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם אֶת־קָרְבָּנִי לַחְמִי לְאִשַּׁי רֵיחַ נִיחֹחִי תִּשְׁמְרוּ לְהַקְרִיב לִי בְּמוֹעֲדוֹ׃

28.2. Command the children of Israel, and say unto them: My food which is presented unto Me for offerings made by fire, of a sweet savour unto Me, shall ye observe to offer unto Me in its due season."

4. Philo of Alexandria, On The Cherubim, 40 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE)

40. And Adam knew his wife, and she conceived and brought forth Cain; and she said I have gotten a man by means of the Lord; and he caused her also to bring forth Abel his Brother." These men, to whose virtue the Jewish legislation bears testimony, he does not represent as knowing their wives, such as Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, and if there are any others of like zeal with them; 40. A third view of the question is, that no king or tyrant may ever despise an obscure private individual, from being full of insolence and haughty pride; but that such an one, coming as a pupil to the school of the sacred laws, may relax his eyebrows, unlearning his self-opinionativeness, and yielding rather to true reason.

5. Philo of Alexandria, On The Sacrifices of Cain And Abel, 12-13, 2, 51-52, 74, 78, 88, 111 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE)

111. And in another passage it is said, "My gifts, and my offerings, and my sacrifices, ye will take care to offer to me at my festivals:" not taking away form them, nor dividing them, but bringing them forward full, and entire, and perfect; for the feast of the soul is cheerfulness in perfect virtues; and the perfect virtues are all those which the human race exhibits, free from all stain or spot. But the wise man alone can keep such a festival as this, and no other human being; for it is a most rare thing to find a soul which has never tasted of wickedness of passions. XXXIV.

6. Philo of Alexandria, Questions On Genesis, 1.62 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE)

7. Josephus Flavius, Jewish Antiquities, 1.52 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

1.52. 1. Adam and Eve had two sons: the elder of them was named Cain; which name, when it is interpreted, signifies a possession: the younger was Abel, which signifies sorrow. They had also daughters.

Subjects of this text:

subject	book bibliographic info
abel	Grypeou and Spurling, The Exegetical Encounter between Jews and Christians in Late Antiquity (2009) 105; Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 205
altar	Grypeou and Spurling, The Exegetical Encounter between Jews and Christians in Late Antiquity (2009) 105
angel/angelic passim see also archangel, lord, of the	Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 205
anima/soul	Wilson, Augustine's Conversion from Traditional Free Choice to "Non-free Free Will": A Comprehensive Methodology (2018) 28
animals	Grypeou and Spurling, The Exegetical Encounter between Jews and Christians in Late Antiquity (2009) 105
birth, cain, of	Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 205
blood	Grypeou and Spurling, The Exegetical Encounter between Jews and Christians in Late Antiquity (2009) 105
cain	Grypeou and Spurling, The Exegetical Encounter between Jews and Christians in Late Antiquity (2009) 105; Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 205
children, adam and eve, of	Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 205
compatibilism	Wilson, Augustine's Conversion from Traditional Free Choice to "Non-free Free Will": A Comprehensive Methodology (2018) 28
creation, adam, of	Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 205
creation, eve, of	Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 205
daughters	Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 205
dead sea scrolls	Wilson, Augustine's Conversion from Traditional Free Choice to "Non-free Free Will": A Comprehensive Methodology (2018) 28
determinism	Wilson, Augustine's Conversion from Traditional Free Choice to "Non-free Free Will": A Comprehensive Methodology (2018) 28
dupied	Wilson, Augustine's Conversion from Traditional Free Choice to "Non-free Free Will": A Comprehensive Methodology (2018) 28
evil will, stoic non-free free will	Wilson, Augustine's Conversion from Traditional Free Choice to "Non-free Free Will": A Comprehensive Methodology (2018) 28
foreknowledge	Wilson, Augustine's Conversion from Traditional Free Choice to "Non-free Free Will": A Comprehensive Methodology (2018) 28
free choice/free will	Wilson, Augustine's Conversion from Traditional Free Choice to "Non-free Free Will": A Comprehensive Methodology (2018) 28
fruit	Grypeou and Spurling, The Exegetical Encounter between Jews and Christians in Late Antiquity (2009) 105
hebrew (language)	Grypeou and Spurling, The Exegetical Encounter between Jews and Christians in Late Antiquity (2009) 105
hebrew bible	Grypeou and Spurling, The Exegetical Encounter between Jews and Christians in Late Antiquity (2009) 105
jews/jewish	Grypeou and Spurling, The Exegetical Encounter between Jews and Christians in Late Antiquity (2009) 105
jordan river	Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 205
josephus	Wilson, Augustine's Conversion from Traditional Free Choice to "Non-free Free Will": A Comprehensive Methodology (2018) 28
judaism	Wilson, Augustine's Conversion from Traditional Free Choice to "Non-free Free Will": A Comprehensive Methodology (2018) 28
law	Grypeou and Spurling, The Exegetical Encounter between Jews and Christians in Late Antiquity (2009) 105
offerings	Grypeou and Spurling, The Exegetical Encounter between Jews and Christians in Late Antiquity (2009) 105
original sin	Wilson, Augustine's Conversion from Traditional Free Choice to "Non-free Free Will": A Comprehensive Methodology (2018) 28
pharisees	Wilson, Augustine's Conversion from Traditional Free Choice to "Non-free Free Will": A Comprehensive Methodology (2018) 28
philo judaeus	Wilson, Augustine's Conversion from Traditional Free Choice to "Non-free Free Will": A Comprehensive Methodology (2018) 28
platonism/platonic/platonists	Wilson, Augustine's Conversion from Traditional Free Choice to "Non-free Free Will": A Comprehensive Methodology (2018) 28
predetermination	Wilson, Augustine's Conversion from Traditional Free Choice to "Non-free Free Will": A Comprehensive Methodology (2018) 28
proselyte/proselytism	Grypeou and Spurling, The Exegetical Encounter between Jews and Christians in Late Antiquity (2009) 105
qumran essenes	Wilson, Augustine's Conversion from Traditional Free Choice to "Non-free Free Will": A Comprehensive Methodology (2018) 28
repentance, adam, of	Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 205
sacrifice	Grypeou and Spurling, The Exegetical Encounter between Jews and Christians in Late Antiquity (2009) 105
sammael, father of cain, as the	Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 205
sammael	Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 205
septuagint/lxx'	Grypeou and Spurling, The Exegetical Encounter between Jews and Christians in Late Antiquity (2009) 105
sovereignty of god	Wilson, Augustine's Conversion from Traditional Free Choice to "Non-free Free Will": A Comprehensive Methodology (2018) 28
twins	Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 205