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around the latter part of the Persian kingdom, a little sooner than Alexander the Macedonian, and not much before Augustus Caesar by four hundred years. 10.14.18 If, therefore, Plato and those after him should be shown to have philosophized in agreement with the Hebrews, it is time to consider the period in which he lived, and to compare the antiquity of the theologians and prophets among the Hebrews with the age of all the Greek philosophers. 10.14.19 But when these things have been demonstrated, it is time to return and observe that the wise men of the Greeks have become imitators of the Hebrew doctrines, so that the slanderers may no longer reasonably blame us, if indeed we ourselves, loving the same things as their own philosophers, have determined to honor the Hebrew oracles.

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EVANGELICAL PREPARATION CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING 11.Pin.1 1. Preface concerning the subject 2. That the philosophy of Plato followed that of the Hebrews in the most necessary points 3. Concerning the tripartite division of the philosophy of Plato; from the works of Atticus 4. From Aristocles concerning the philosophy of Plato 5. Concerning the ethical doctrines among the Hebrews 6. Concerning the logical treatise among the Hebrews 7. Concerning the correctness of names among the Hebrews 8. Concerning the natural philosophy of the Hebrews 9. Concerning the natural philosophy of intelligible things 10. Concerning Being, of Moses and Plato 11. From Numenius the Pythagorean concerning the same 12. From Plutarch concerning the same 13. That the divine is ineffable 14. That God is one alone 15. Concerning the second cause, of the Hebrews and Plato 10. From Philo concerning the second cause 17. From Plato concerning the second cause 18. From Plotinus concerning the same 19. From Numenius concerning the same 20. From Amelius concerning the theology of the Hebrew 21. Concerning the three ruling hypostases 22. Concerning the substance of the Good 23. From Numenius concerning the Good 24. Concerning the Ideas in Plato 25. From Philo concerning the Ideas in Moses 20. From Clement concerning the same 27. Of the Hebrews and Plato concerning the contrary powers 28. Concerning the immortality of the soul, of the Hebrews and Plato 29. From Porphyry concerning the same 30. Concerning the world being created 31. Concerning the luminaries in heaven 32. That all the works of God are beautiful 33. Concerning the alteration and change of the world 34. Concerning the revival of the dead 35. Again concerning the consummation of the world 30. That Plato also relates that the dead have been raised, similarly to the Hebrew oracles 37. From Plutarch concerning the like 38. That Plato also, similarly to the Hebrews, discusses matters concerning the so-called celestial earth 39. That Plato also believes, similarly to the Hebrews, that the judgement after death will take place

XI 1. PREFACE CONCERNING THE SUBJECT The tenth book, then, which precedes the present volume of the Evangelical Preparation, established not by my own words, but by external testimonies, the probability that the Greeks, having contributed no wisdom of their own, except only for their skill and eloquence in words, but having pilfered everything from barbarians, did not fail to know the Hebrew oracles and to have made use of these in part, because not even out of ambition for their own writings did they keep their hands clean from theft. thieves

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ἀμφὶ τὰ ὕστατα τῆς Περσῶν βασιλείας, μικρῷ θᾶττον Ἀλεξάνδρου τοῦ Μακεδόνος, Αὐγούστου δὲ τοῦ Σεβαστοῦ οὐ πολὺ πρόσθεν ἔτεσι 10.14.18 τετρακοσίοις. εἰ δή σοι τοιγαροῦν ὁ Πλάτων οἵ τε μετ' αὐτὸν δειχθεῖεν τὰ σύμφωνα Ἑβραίοις πεφιλοσοφηκότες, ὥρα σκοπεῖν τὸν χρόνον, καθ' ὃν οὗτος γέγονε, τῶν τε παρ' Ἑβραίοις θεολόγων τε καὶ προφητῶν τὴν παλαιότητα τῇ πάντων τῶν Ἑλληνικῶν φιλοσόφων ἀντιπαραβάλλειν ἡλικίᾳ. 10.14.19 ἀλλὰ γὰρ τούτων ἀποδειχθέντων καιρὸς ἐπανελθόντας τοὺς Ἑλλήνων σοφοὺς ζηλωτὰς θεάσασθαι τῶν Ἑβραϊκῶν γεγονότας δογμάτων, ὥστε μηκέτ' εὐλόγως ἡμῖν ἐπιμέμφεσθαι τοὺς συκοφάντας, εἰ δὴ καὶ αὐτοὶ τὰ ὅμοια τοῖς αὐτῶν φιλοσόφοις ἀγαπήσαντες τὰ Ἑβραίων λόγια τιμᾶν διανενοήμεθα.

11.Pin.t ΙΑ ΤΑ∆Ε ΤΟ ΕΝ∆ΕΚΑΤΟΝ ΠΕΡΙΕΧΕΙ ΣΥΓΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΤΗΣ

ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΚΗΣ ΠΡΟΠΑΡΑΣΚΕΥΗΣ 11.Pin.1 αʹ. Προοίμιον περὶ τῆς ὑποθέσεως βʹ. Ὡς ἡ κατὰ Πλάτωνα φιλοσοφία τῇ καθ' Ἑβραίους ἐν ἀναγκαιοτάτοις ἐπηκολούθησεν γʹ. Περὶ τοῦ τριμεροῦς τῆς κατὰ Πλάτωνα φιλοσοφίας· ἀπὸ τῶν Ἀττικοῦ δʹ. Ἀριστοκλέους περὶ τῆς κατὰ Πλάτωνα φιλοσοφίας εʹ. Περὶ τῶν παρ' Ἑβραίοις ἠθικῶν δογμάτων ʹ. Περὶ τῆς παρ' Ἑβραίοις λογικῆς πραγματείας ζʹ. Περὶ τῆς παρ' Ἑβραίοις τῶν ὀνομάτων ὀρθότητος ηʹ. Περὶ τῆς καθ' Ἑβραίους φυσιολογίας θʹ. Περὶ τῆς τῶν νοητῶν φυσιολογίας ιʹ. Περὶ τοῦ ὄντος, Μωσέως καὶ Πλάτωνος ιαʹ. Νουμηνίου τοῦ Πυθαγορείου περὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ ιβʹ. Πλουτάρχου περὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ ιγʹ. Ὅτι ἄρρητον τὸ θεῖον ιδʹ. Ὅτι θεὸς εἷς ἐστι μόνος ιεʹ. Περὶ τοῦ δευτέρου αἰτίου Ἑβραίων καὶ Πλάτωνος ιʹ. Φίλωνος περὶ τοῦ δευτέρου αἰτίου ιζʹ. Πλάτωνος περὶ τοῦ δευτέρου αἰτίου ιηʹ. Πλωτίνου περὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ ιθʹ. Νουμηνίου περὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ κʹ. Ἀμελίου περὶ τῆς τοῦ Ἑβραίου θεολογίας καʹ. Περὶ τῶν τριῶν ἀρχικῶν ὑποστάσεων κβʹ. Περὶ τῆς τἀγαθοῦ οὐσίας κγʹ. Νουμηνίου περὶ τἀγαθοῦ κδʹ. Περὶ τῶν παρὰ Πλάτωνι ἰδεῶν κεʹ. Φίλωνος περὶ τῶν παρὰ Μωσεῖ ἰδεῶν κʹ. Κλήμεντος περὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ κζʹ. Ἑβραίων καὶ Πλάτωνος περὶ τῶν ἐναντίων δυνάμεων κηʹ. Περὶ ψυχῆς ἀθανασίας Ἑβραίων καὶ Πλάτωνος κθʹ. Πορφυρίου περὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ λʹ. Περὶ τοῦ γενητὸν εἶναι τὸν κόσμον λαʹ. Περὶ τῶν κατ' οὐρανὸν φωστήρων λβʹ. Ὅτι πάντα καλὰ τὰ ἔργα τοῦ θεοῦ λγʹ. Περὶ τῆς ἀλλοιώσεως καὶ μεταβολῆς τοῦ κόσμου λδʹ. Περὶ τῆς τῶν τετελευτηκότων ἀναβιώσεως λεʹ. Πάλιν περὶ συντελείας κόσμου λʹ. Ὡς καί νεκροὺς ἐγηγέρθαι ὁ Πλάτων ὁμοίως τοῖς Ἑβραίων λόγοις ἱστορεῖ λζʹ. Πλουτάρχου περὶ τοῦ ὁμοίου ληʹ. Ὡς καὶ τὰ περὶ τῆς λεγομένης ἐπουρανίου γῆς ὁ Πλάτων ὁμοίως Ἑβραίοις διέξεισιν λθʹ. Ὡς καὶ τὰ περὶ τῆς μετὰ θάνατον κρίσεως ὁμοίως Ἑβραίοις καὶ ὁ Πλάτων ἔσεσθαι πιστεύει

ΙΑ αʹ. ΠΡΟΟΙΜΙΟΝ ΠΕΡΙ ΤΗΣ ΥΠΟΘΕΣΕΩΣ Ὁ μὲν δὴ τοῦ μετὰ χεῖρας προάγων τῆς Εὐαγγελικῆς Προπαρασκευῆς δέκατος ὢν τόμος οὐκ ἐμαῖς φωναῖς, ταῖς δ' ἔξωθεν συνίστη μαρτυρίαις τὸ μὴ ἀπεικὸς εἶναι τοὺς Ἕλληνας, μηδὲν οἴκοθεν σοφὸν ἐπενηνεγμένους, εἰ μὴ ὅτι μόνην τὴν ἐν λόγοις δεινότητά τε καὶ εὐγλωττίαν, τὰ πάντα δὲ παρὰ βαρβάρων ἐσκευωρημένους, μηδὲ τὰ Ἑβραίων ἀγνοῆσαι λόγια καὶ τούτων δὲ ἐν μέρει καθάψασθαι, ὅτι μηδὲ τῆς τῶν σφετέρων ἐν συγγράμμασι φιλοτιμίας καθαρὰς ἐφυλάξαντο κλοπῆς τὰς χεῖρας. κλέπτας