Philonos Ioudaiou Syngrammata / Omnia Quae Extant Opera (1691 Greek)

two: of Drunkenness the same number. Others also distinguished by a certain separate and proper title: one is useful, What things the sober and modest mind desires, and what it execrates. Another on the confusion of languages. There is also another, on Nature and invention. Likewise another: On the knowledge of those things which must be learned before we come to the Sacred writings. Another written on that argument, Who is the one who is to inherit divine things. Another, on the division of equal and unequal things. Furthermore another, on the three virtues which Moses described along with others. Besides, there is a book, On those whose names have been changed, and for what reason they have been changed: in which he says that he has woven together two books on Covenants. There is also a book of his, on the migration of Abraham or on the colony. Add to these the books on the life of the Wise man perfected and absolute according to the rule of justice, or on the Unwritten laws: on Giants: on the divine Numen, which cannot be changed. Added to these are five books, On the fact that (as it is in Moses) dreams are divinely sent to each person. And these are the books published by him on Genesis, which have reached us. In Exodus we have known five of his books, On questions and solutions. Another likewise, On the tabernacle: another, On the ten commandments. There are also four of his books written separately on the Laws, which are referred summarily to the chapters of the ten commandments. Another besides, On the sacrifices and victims of animals. Another, What and how many are the kinds of sacrifices. Another on the rewards which are proposed in the law for good men, and concerning the punishment and execration to be inflicted upon the wicked. Beyond all these, individual books of his are carried: such as on providence, on a man living a civil life, or on Joseph. On the Jews: furthermore Alexander, or on the fact that brute animals have a share in reason. Add to these the booklet which is entitled, On the fact that every wicked person is a slave. To which follows another, On the fact that every studious person is free. To which is joined the book on the life placed in contemplation, or on the suppliants. From which those things which we have pursued concerning the life of the Apostolic men are drawn. Interpretations of Hebrew names in the law and the Prophets are also said to have been worked out by him. It is handed down to memory that he set out for Rome when Gaius was reigning, and that the book which he had composed on the impiety and wickedness of Gaius, which he had facetiously and dissemblingly entitled On the virtues, he later recited before the whole Roman senate when Claudius was holding the empire: whence the Romans so greatly admired not only that work, but also others published by him, that they thought them worthy to be placed in the Library as certain monuments.

[Greek translation of the preceding Latin text]

Two on agriculture. And as many on drunkenness. And certain others honored by a different and proper title, in which [he writes] on what things the sober mind prays for and execrates. And the one on the confusion of tongues. And the one on flight and discovery. And the one on the gathering for instructions. And on the question, who is the heir of divine things. Or on the division into equal and opposite things. And further the one on the three virtues, which Moses wrote down along with others. In addition to these, the one on those who are renamed, and for what reason they are renamed. In which he says he has composed also on covenants, first and second. And there is his [work] on colonization. And the life of the wise man perfected according to justice, or on unwritten laws, and further on Giants. Or on the fact that the divine is not changeable. On the fact that according to Moses dreams are god-sent. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. And these are the ones that have come down to us on Genesis. On Exodus we have known his [books] of questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. And the one on the tabernacle. The one on the ten commandments. And those on the laws referred in kind to the comprehensive chapters of the ten commandments. 1, 2, 3, 4. And the one on animals for sacred rites, and what are the kinds of sacrifices. And the one on the prizes proposed in the law to the good, and the punishments and curses to the wicked. Beyond all these, single books of his are also carried, such as those on providence. And the account composed by him on the Jews, and the political [account]. Further also Alexander, or on the fact that brute animals have reason. In addition to these, the one on the fact that every wicked man is a slave. Following which is, on the fact that every studious man is free; after which is composed his [book] on the contemplative life or on the suppliants. From which we have described the things concerning the life of the apostolic men. And interpretations of Hebrew names in the law and prophets are also said to be his work. This man, having arrived at Rome during the time of Gaius, is said to have recited before the entire Roman senate under Claudius those things written by him on the godlessness of Gaius, which he had inscribed with character and irony on the virtues. So that his discourses were deemed worthy of being placed in the libraries.