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But many of the men mentioned missed the truth of the original events, because they did not encounter our sacred books; yet they have all commonly testified about the antiquity, concerning which I now proposed to speak. Yet Demetrius of Phalerum and Philo the elder and Eupolemus did not miss the truth by much. It is right to forgive them; for it was not possible for them to follow our writings with all accuracy.” 9.42.4 Thus says Josephus. And whoever wishes to study the man's writings concerning the antiquity of the Jews, would find very many testimonies in agreement with those set forth. And another great crowd of witnesses flows in upon us, of writers both ancient and new, sealing their vote in like manner to those already mentioned, whose voices, taking forethought for the proportion of my work, I shall leave for the studious to seek and to search out, and we ourselves will pass on to the remaining promise.

10.Pin.t I THESE THINGS THE TENTH BOOK OF THE PREPARATION FOR THE GOSPEL CONTAINS 10.

Pin.1 I. How the noble parts of learning passed from Barbarians to Greeks; and concerning the antiquity of the Hebrews II. Concerning the plagiarism of the Greek writers; from Clement III. Of Porphyry, on the Greeks being plagiarists IV. That not without reason we have preferred the theology among the Hebrews to the Greek philosophy V. That in all things the Greeks have been benefited by the Barbarians VI. Concerning the same; from the works of Clement VII. Of Josephus, concerning the same VIII. Of Diodorus of the Bibliotheca, concerning the same IX. Concerning the antiquity of Moses and the prophets among the Hebrews X. Of Africanus, concerning the same XI. Of Tatian, concerning the same XII. Of Clement, concerning the same XIII. Of Josephus, concerning the same XIV. How the times of the philosophers among the Greeks are more recent than all the history among the Hebrews

Ι 10.1.1 I. HOW THE NOBLE PARTS OF LEARNING PASSED FROM BARBARIANS TO GREEKS; AND CONCERNING THE ANTIQUITY OF THE HEBREWS

Having already explained by what arguments we have preferred the philosophy of the Hebrews to that of the Greeks, and with what reasonings we have accepted the sacred books of those men, and then having shown that the Greeks themselves were not ignorant of these men, but mentioned them by name and were astonished at their manner of life, and made much account of their royal metropolis and of the rest of their history, come let us consider how they not only deemed the memory of these men worthy of record, but also became emulators of teaching and learning like theirs in certain doctrines that contribute to the improvement of the soul. 10.1.2 How therefore one or another of the admirable Greeks, travelling abroad among the barbarians, collected the other branches of learning from different sources, geometry, arithmetic, music, astronomy, medicine, and the very first elements of grammar, and countless other technical and useful pursuits, 10.1.3 I will very soon show. Just as, therefore, the opinion concerning a plurality of gods, and the mysteries and the rites, and moreover the histories and the mythical narratives about the gods, and the allegorized natural philosophies of the myths, and the rest of their superstitious error from barbarians

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πολλοὶ δὲ τῶν εἰρημένων ἀνδρῶν τῆς μὲν ἀληθείας τῶν ἐξ ἀρχῆς πραγμάτων διήμαρτον, ὅτι μὴ ταῖς ἱεραῖς ἡμῶν βίβλοις ἐνέτυχον· κοινῶς μέντοι περὶ τῆς ἀρχαιότητος ἅπαντες μεμαρτυρήκασιν, ὑπὲρ οὗ τὰ νῦν λέγειν προεθέμην. ὁ μέντοι Φαληρεὺς ∆ημήτριος καὶ Φίλων ὁ πρεσβύτερος καὶ Εὐπόλεμος οὐ πολὺ τῆς ἀληθείας διήμαρτον. οἷς συγγινώσκειν ἄξιον· οὐ γὰρ ἐνῆν αὐτοῖς μετὰ πάσης ἀκριβείας τοῖς ἡμετέροις γράμμασι παρακολουθεῖν.» 9.42.4 Ταῦτα καὶ ὁ Ἰώσηπος. ὅτῳ δὲ φίλον τοῖς περὶ τῆς Ἰουδαίων ἀρχαιότητος λόγοις ἐντυχεῖν τοῦ ἀνδρός, πλείστας ἂν εὕροι συμφώνους ταῖς ἐκτεθείσαις μαρτυρίας. καὶ πολὺς δὲ ἄλλος μαρτύρων ἡμῖν ὄχλος παλαιῶν τε καὶ νέων συγγραφέων ἐπιρρεῖ, τὴν ὁμοίαν τοῖς τεθεῖσι ψῆφον ἐπισφραγιζομένων, ὧν τὰς φωνάς, λόγου προνοούμενοι συμμετρίας, τοῖς φιλομαθέσι ζητεῖν τε καὶ διερευνᾶν ἀπολείψαντες ἐπὶ τὴν λείπουσαν αὐτοὶ μεταβησόμεθα ἐπαγγελίαν.

10.Pin.t Ι ΤΑ∆Ε ΤΟ ∆ΕΚΑΤΟΝ ΠΕΡΙΕΧΕΙ ΣΥΓΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΚΗΣ ΠΡΟΠΑΡΑΣΚΕΥΗΣ 10.

Pin.1 αʹ. Ὡς παρὰ βαρβάρων εἰς Ἕλληνας τὰ σεμνὰ τῶν μαθημάτων παρῆλθε· καὶ περὶ τῆς Ἑβραίων ἀρχαιότητος βʹ. Περὶ τῆς τῶν Ἑλληνικῶν συγγραφέων κλοπῆς· Κλήμεντος γʹ. Πορφυρίου περὶ τοῦ κλέπτας εἶναι τοὺς Ἕλληνας δʹ. Ὅτι μὴ ἀλόγως τὴν παρ' Ἑβραίοις θεολογίαν τῆς Ἑλληνικῆς φιλοσοφίας προτετιμήκαμεν εʹ. Ὅτι τὰ πάντα παρὰ βαρβάρων Ἕλληνες ὠφέληνται ʹ. Περὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ· ἀπὸ τῶν Κλήμεντος ζʹ. Ἰωσήπου περὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ ηʹ. ∆ιοδώρου τοῦ τὰς βιβλιοθήκας περὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ θʹ. Περὶ τῆς ἀρχαιότητος Μωσέως καὶ τῶν παρ' Ἑβραίοις προφητῶν ιʹ. Ἀφρικανοῦ περὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ ιαʹ. Τατιανοῦ περὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ ιβʹ. Κλήμεντος περὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ ιγʹ. Ἰωσήπου περὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ ιδʹ. Ὡς ἁπάσης τῆς παρ' Ἑβραίοις ἱστορίας νεώτεροι τυγχάνουσι τῶν παρ' Ἕλλησιφιλοσόφων οἱ χρόνοι

Ι 10.1.1 αʹ. ΩΣ ΠΑΡΑ ΒΑΡΒΑΡΩΝ ΕΙΣ ΕΛΛΗΝΑΣ ΤΑ ΣΕΜΝΑ ΤΩΝ ΜΑΘΗΜΑΤΩΝ ΠΑΡΗΛΘΕ· ΚΑΙ ΠΕΡΙ ΤΗΣ ΕΒΡΑΙΩΝ ΑΡΧΑΙΟΤΗΤΟΣ

Τίσι ποτὲ λόγοις τὴν καθ' Ἑβραίους φιλοσοφίαν τῆς Ἑλληνικῆς προτετιμήκαμεν ὁποίοις τε λογισμοῖς τὰς παρὰ τοῖς ἀνδράσιν ἱερὰς βίβλους ἀπεδεξάμεθα προδιειληφότες κἄπειτα καὶ αὐτοὺς τοὺς Ἕλληνας μὴ ἀγνοῆσαι τοὺς ἄνδρας, μνημονεῦσαι δὲ ὀνομαστὶ καὶ τὸν βίον καταπλαγῆναι τῆς τε βασιλικῆς μητροπόλεως καὶ τῆς λοιπῆς αὐτῶν ἱστορίας πολὺν πεποιῆσθαι λόγον παραστήσαντες, φέρε ἐπιθεωρήσωμεν, ὡς οὐ μόνον τῶνδε γραφῆς ἠξίωσαν τὴν μνήμην, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῆς ὁμοίας αὐτοῖς διδασκαλίας τε καὶ μαθήσεως ἔν τισι τῶν εἰς βελτίωσιν ψυχῆς συντεινόντων δογμάτων ζηλωταὶ κατέστη10.1.2 σαν. ὡς μὲν οὖν τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν μαθημάτων ἄλλοθεν ἄλλος τῶν θαυμαστῶν Ἑλλήνων τοὺς βαρβάρους ἐκπεριιὼν συνελέξατο, γεωμετρίαν, ἀριθμητικήν, μουσικήν, ἀστρονομίαν, ἰατρικὴν αὐτά τε τὰ πρῶτα τῆς γραμματικῆς στοιχεῖα μυρίας τε ἄλλας τεχνικὰς καὶ βιωφελεῖς ἐπιτηδεύσεις, 10.1.3 αὐτίκα μάλα παραστήσω. ὥσπερ οὖν τὴν περὶ πλειόνων θεῶν δόξαν τά τε μυστήρια καὶ τὰς τελετὰς καὶ προσέτι τὰς ἱστορίας καὶ τὰς μυθικὰς περὶ θεῶν διηγήσεις τῶν τε μύθων τὰς ἀλληγορουμένας φυσιολογίας καὶ τὴν λοιπὴν δεισιδαίμονα πλάνην παρὰ βαρβάρων