Page:The Journal of Classical and Sacred Philology, Volume 1, 1854.djvu/59

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St Vaul and Pliilo Judceus. 49 Adam whose creation is described in the second chapter of Genesis, is only the antitype and ignoble representation. The Heavenly Man abounded with the divine Spirit, God gave not " the Spirit by measure unto him," (to use the Pauline expression, which contains in all probability an allusion to Philo); but the Earthy Man, created with a mortal body, had only a faint breath of the immortalizing* and vivifying Spirit, the addition of which constituted him a living soul. This will be better understood from Philo's own words, which, as the subject is somewhat difficult, we shall make no apology for quoting at length. 'Epprjveverai ovv Beo-eAe^X, ev crKia 6 6eos. 2<ta deov fie 6 Xoyos avrov co-Ttv, a> nadcnrep opydvco Trpoo-xprjo-dpevos iKoa-poiroiet. Avttj fie r) atcta /ecu to cocravel dweiKovio-pa irepcov earv ap^ervnov. "Qtnrep yap 6 debs jrapdbeiypa rrjs ehovos, r)v ctkiclv wvX KeicXrjKev, ovtcos r] fiKav aXXav yiverai irapdbeiypa, cos teal ivapopevos rrjs vopodeaias tbi](0(Tv, elircov, Kat iitoirjo-ev 6 6ebs tov avOpamov kclt eiKova 8eov" cos rrjs pev cIkovos Kara, tov 6ebv aTreiKOVio~0elo~T)s, tov fie dvdpcoirov Kara ttjv ukovo, Xaftovcrav bvvap.iv napabelypaTos* Leg. Alleg. in. 31. Elsewhere he distinctly defines the Aoyos as the totality of ideas, or idea of ideas : Ei fie tis e'tfeXjJcreie yvpvoTepois xpr]a-aaBaf. Tots 6v6pao~iv, ovbev av erepov enrol tov vorjTOV eivai Kocrpov, rj 6eov yov fjbrj Koarporroiovvros. ovbe yap r) vorjTrj 7rois erepov n ccttiv, t) 6 tov dpxiTenTOVos Xoyiapbs, rjbrj Tr)v aladrj- Trjv ndXtv Tjj voT)Tfj kt'i&iv biavoovpevov. Mcovcrecos eVri rofie boypa tovto, ovk epov. Ttjv yovv dvBpdnov yevetriv dvaypdqbcov, iv tois eireiTa opoXoye? biapprjbrjVf cos apa KaT eluova 6eov biervTrcodrj. Et fie to pepos cikcov cIkovos, OTjXovori Ka to oXov elbos, 6 avpnas alo~0r)Tos ovtoo~ Koo-pos, o pel6v ecrrt ttjs dvdpcomvrjs ptprjpa deias eluovos. AfjXov fie, on Kai rj apx^rviros aqbpaylsy ov cpapcv eivat Kocrpov votjtov, avrbs av etrj to apxervrrov napddeiypa, Idea toov Ibecov, 6 6eov Xoyos. Mund. Opif. c. 6. Consistently with this view he describes the Heavenly Man as being anterior to the Earthy Man : Mera. fie ravrd (prjatv, on ,?E7rXacrfv 6 deos avdpcoirov, x^ v Xaficov otto rrjs yrjs, Kai eve<pvo-T)o~V els to irpoo-unrov avTov 7Tvor)v ^oof/s." 'EvapyearTara Kai fita tovtov irapio-TTjcriv, oti dtaq^opa. 7rappeye6rjs e'cri tov re vvv nXacrdevTos avoptoTrov, Ka tov Kara, ttjv el<6va 6eov yeyovoros nporepov. 'O pev yap oia7rXao~des Tjbr), alcrdrjTos, fiere^a)!/ ttoiottjtos, ck arcoparos Ka tyv^s o~vve- o~t<0s, avr)p rj yvvfj, <pvo~ei Ovtjtos &v 6 fie Kara ttjv eluova, Zfie'a tis, t) yevos, rj cr<ppays, votjtos, dacoparos, ovt apprjv ovre 6r)Xvs, a(pdapTOS cpvo-ei. Tov fie alaor/TOv Ka eVi pepovs dvdpanrov ttjv KaTao~icevr)v crvvderov elvai (pr/atv etc yecooovs ovo~ias ko irvevpaTos 6eiov, yeyevrjaOai yap to pev awpa, %ovv tov Te^yiVou Xafiovros, Ka pop<pr)v dv&p<)Trlv7)v ei- avTov SiairXdo-avTOS, ttjv fie Vol. T. March, 1854. 4