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Philo Of Alexandria, That God Is Unchangeable, 10
nan Now the most evident sign of a soul devoted to God is that song in which that expression occurs, "She that was barren has borne seven children, and she that had many children has become weak."7

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1. Hebrew Bible, Genesis, a b c d\n0 "11.30" "11.30" "11 30"\n1 "2.2" "2.2" "2 2" (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
2. Hebrew Bible, 1 Samuel, 1.11, 1.14, 1.28 (8th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) 1.11. וַתִּדֹּר נֶדֶר וַתֹּאמַר יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת אִם־רָאֹה תִרְאֶה בָּעֳנִי אֲמָתֶךָ וּזְכַרְתַּנִי וְלֹא־תִשְׁכַּח אֶת־אֲמָתֶךָ וְנָתַתָּה לַאֲמָתְךָ זֶרַע אֲנָשִׁים וּנְתַתִּיו לַיהוָה כָּל־יְמֵי חַיָּיו וּמוֹרָה לֹא־יַעֲלֶה עַל־רֹאשׁוֹ׃ 1.14. וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלֶיהָ עֵלִי עַד־מָתַי תִּשְׁתַּכָּרִין הָסִירִי אֶת־יֵינֵךְ מֵעָלָיִךְ׃ 1.28. וְגַם אָנֹכִי הִשְׁאִלְתִּהוּ לַיהוָה כָּל־הַיָּמִים אֲשֶׁר הָיָה הוּא שָׁאוּל לַיהוָה וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ שָׁם לַיהוָה׃ 1.11. And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if Thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of Thy handmaid, and remember me, and not forget Thy handmaid, but wilt give to Thy handmaid a man child, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and no razor shall come upon his head." 1.14. And ῾Eli said to her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee." 1.28. therefore also I have presented him to the Lord; as long as he lives he shall be devoted to the Lord. And he bowed down to the Lord there."
3. Philo of Alexandria, On Drunkenness, 144-152, 143 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE) 143. And it is an especial property of law and of instruction to distinguish what is profane from what is holy, and what is unclean from what is clean; as, on the other hand, it is the effect of lawlessness and ignorance to combine things that are at variance with one another by force, and to throw everything into disorder and confusion. XXXVI. On this account the greatest of the kings and prophets, Samuel, as the sacred scriptures tell us, drank no wine or intoxicating liquors to the day of his death; for he is enrolled among the ranks of the divine army which he will never leave in consequence of the prudence of the wise captain.
4. Philo of Alexandria, On The Change of Names, 144, 143 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE) 143. and to those who ask, whether she who is barren has an offspring (for the holy scriptures, which some time ago represented Sarrah as barren, now confess that she will become a mother); this answer must be given, that a woman who is barren cannot, in the course of nature, bring forth an offspring, just as a blind man cannot see, nor a deaf man hear; but that the soul, which is barren of bad things, and which is unproductive of immoderate license of the passions and vices, is alone very nearly attaining to a happy delivery, bringing forth objects worthy of love, namely, the number seven, according to the hymn which is sung by Grace, that is, by Hannah, who says, "she who was barren hath born seven, and she who had many children has become weak:
5. Philo of Alexandria, On Curses, 159 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE) 159. For the love of virtue being inflamed and excited by the brilliant appearance of virtue, burns to ashes the pleasures of the body, and then cuts them to pieces and pounds them to nothing, using the divine word which can at all times divide everything. And in this manner he teaches us that among the bodily advantages are health, and beauty, and the accuracy of the outward senses, and the perfection of bodily vigour with strength and mighty energy; but still that all these things are common to accursed and wicked persons, while if they were really good no wicked person would be allowed to partake of them.
6. Philo of Alexandria, On Dreams, 1.254 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE) 1.254. and there is an evidence in favour of my argument, in the conduct of the prophetess, and mother of a prophet, Hannah, whose name being translated, signifies grace; for she says that she gives her son, "Samuel, as a gift to the Holy One," not dedicating him more as a human being, than as a disposition full of inspiration, and possessed by a divinely sent impulse; and the name Samuel being interpreted means, "appointed to God.
7. Philo of Alexandria, That God Is Unchangeable, 12-15, 5-8, 11 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE) 11. And yet she who is speaking is in reality only the mother of one son, namely, of Samuel. How then does she say that she has borne seven children, unless indeed any one thinks that the unit is in its strictest nature identical with the number seven, not only in number, but also in the harmony of the universe, and in the reasonings of the soul which is devoted to virtue? For he who was devoted to the one God, that is Samuel, and who had no connection whatever with any other being, is adorned according to that essence which is single and the real unit;

Subjects of this text:

subject	book bibliographic info
abraham	Sly, Philo's Perception of Women (1990) 177
abram/abraham	Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 393, 395
allegorical commentary	Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 211, 395
allegory/allegoresis, of the soul	Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 211
allegory	Sly, Philo's Perception of Women (1990) 177
arithmology, seven	Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 393, 394, 395
cycle, patriarchal, abrahamic	Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 394
emotions, good	Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 393
etymology, hebrew	Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 393, 394
fall	Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 211
grace	Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 393, 394
hagar	Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 394, 395
hannah	Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 393, 394; Sly, Philo's Perception of Women (1990) 177
homer	Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 211
isaac	Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 393, 394, 395
keturah	Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 393, 394, 395
law	Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 393
midian	Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 393
moses	Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 393
motherhood	Sly, Philo's Perception of Women (1990) 177
onomasticon	Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 393
pentateuch	Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 393
perfection	Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 211
plutarch	Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 211
prophets	Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 211, 393, 395
rachel	Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 393
rhetoric	Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 211, 394
samuel	Sly, Philo's Perception of Women (1990) 177
sarah	Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 393, 394, 395
septuagint	Sly, Philo's Perception of Women (1990) 177
soul, eight-part	Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 393
virginity	Sly, Philo's Perception of Women (1990) 177
virtue, cardinal'	Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 393
virtue	Cover, Philo of Alexandria: On the Change of Names (2023) 394
womanhood	Sly, Philo's Perception of Women (1990) 177