Synopsis scripturae sacrae
Of beeri, in the days of uzziah, and jotham, and ahaz, and hezekiah, kings of judah, and in the days of jeroboam the son of joash, king of israel. the
Among the hebrews also esther and that ruth, being united with judges, is counted as one book and esther as another one and thus again the number o
Silvanus and timothy, to the church of the thessalonians, in god the father and the lord jesus christ.” and the beginning of the second: “paul and sil
The expulsion, and the slaying of abel by his brother cain, and the translation of enoch, and the construction of the ark, and the flood that happened
These ten commandments on the tablets: first, i am the lord your god second, you shall not make for yourself an idol, nor the likeness of anything t
To them that spring from the earth such as are the locust, the francolin, the grasshopper, and the like to them, and the serpent-fighter. but those t
Of the altar, and the limit of the times of the service of the levites so that from twenty-five years they should begin to serve but having become f
In gai, in the region beyond on the borders of moab from gai to dibon-gad from dibon-gad to almon-diblathaim and from almon-diblathaim to the mount
Commandments and he reminds the people again, that they might keep them. and he repeats in it both the exodus from egypt, and all the good deeds done
He says to be, whose land joshua also gave to the remaining tribes as an inheritance according to their lot: the hittite, and the amorite, and the can
Book 8, ruth. the book is called this because it contains only the history of ruth. this ruth was a moabitess by race, and she excelled in prudence. h
And when the foreigners came, and the people fled, he alone stood his ground and he drove off the foreigners, and saved the barley. and three mighty
Of the shilonite, and of the one who cried out against the altar of samaria and concerning elijah and elisha, and of the one who prophesied to ahab c
The son of david reigned over all the people for 40 years, he also and he did evil. and in his time there were the prophets nathan and gad. rehoboam
Josiah his son, 31 years. the people raised him up as king, being eight years old and he did what was right in every way of david, and did not turn a
And he took the gold and the vessels. jeroboam his son, for 41 years and he did evil. zacharias his son, for six months, and he did evil. up to this
Of a jewish eunuch. and the reason for the return was this: three soldiers guarding the king, of whom one was zerubbabel, contended over a problem, a
Being closed, and to station some on the right, and others on the left and thus, for some to sing psalms, and to praise, and to sing, and to hymn god
“a praise of a song,” ʹ, βʹ, δʹ and the one, “of praise,” ρμδʹ. again, those not inscribed “to david,” but referred to others, are these, ληʹ, μαʹ, μ
To be anointed the 28th, of the departing tabernacle the 29th, of the dedication of the house the 30th, of ecstasy the 31st, of understanding the
Is called the wisdom of solomon. but he entitled the present book proverbs, since proverbs are sayings of the wise, like riddles, which on the one han
He finds the meaning contained in them such as: “a wise son is saved from the heat, but a lawless son becomes wind-blasted in the harvest ” and again
When it rejoices, the face flourishes but when it is in sorrows, it is gloomy ” and, “an upright heart seeks perception but the mouth of the uninstr
The egyptians indeed imagined, but the greeks were about to create myths concerning these things for this reason this man, moved by the holy spirit,
With enigmatic allegory. for the meaning of the doctrines in it is hidden not in the obvious, but in secret. but being searched for, it is found, beca
Of the race to the word, and of the church from the gentiles to him, and of the word again to her and to the human race then of the gentiles to jerus
Encampments, and having broken their swords, and henceforth being peacefully minded. the one from the gentiles, seeing jerusalem as if blaming her, de
At the affliction that befell him, three of his friends came to console him, eliphaz the king of the temanites, bildad the tyrant of the shuhites, zop
This one announces against idumea and its end, and against the nations that acted insolently toward israel. for he signifies that the house of esau wi
Against jerusalem. and the word of the lord came to him. and the greater part of his prophecy is good news concerning the incarnate coming of the word
And to the ruler of tyre, and a lament against him, and to the sons of his people, and against the shepherds of israel. and finally, describing the bu
He wished to hang mordecai on it the next day but the king, by some good providence having stayed awake that night, and not being able to sleep, comm
His soldiers being unaware. and so then the assyrians fled, and the sons of israel, running together from all sides, cut down the assyrians. and so ha
His son tobias, having gone into media, and having buried his parents-in-law, and having heard about the destruction of nineveh, died at 107 years of
Of snakes, of cats, and of similar things. that god benefited israel with quails instead of frogs. that also for the bite of snakes the salvation of t
And that it is necessary to propitiate him, and not to walk in the desire of the heart. concerning not being carried about by every wind, and concerni
Teaching of money, of great ones, and of rulers, to a son and wife, to a brother and friend concerning an evil servant. concerning foolish dreams co
Hezekiah was humble-minded, and a friend of isaiah, and the slayer of rabshakeh. how the lord redeemed israel by the hand of isaiah, striking the camp
A scribe is prevented from following, and the disciple is compelled. he stills the storm of the sea. the demons fall into the swine. jesus came into h
Many. he resolved the matter of the certificate of divorce. he discourses concerning the manner of eunuchism. he blesses the children. the rich man ap
Of publicans. the pharisees accuse [him] concerning this. the disciples of john bring a charge concerning fasting but he defends himself. he passes t
Of god. peter denies. jesus is led to pilate he is crucified. mary the mother of james the younger was there, and magdalene, and salome. joseph takes
Turns back.” he appointed seventy disciples, and sends them out two by two, having advised them to carry nothing. he rebukes the cities. then he says,
Then he calls the children. the rich man approaches, asking what he must do to inherit eternal life. he speaks to the disciples about his passion but
Peter: “you have the words of eternal life, to whom shall we go?” when it was the feast of tabernacles, his brothers urge him to go up into the temple
John. but they departed, and again withdrew. mary sees the angels, then jesus, and he speaks with her. then he appeared to the disciples when the door
And their bonds were loosed. from the body of paul they carried away handkerchiefs to the sick and those possessed by demons, and they were healed. pa
Not to pay attention to those who deceive, saying that their destruction will come, just as also happened to the transgressing angels. and he foretell
And first he accepts her children walking well then, teaching that our mystery is not recent, he exhorts again concerning love, and that they should
Having deified, and having worshipped the creature rather than the creator. and he also accuses the jews, as not having kept the law but rather throu
But he rebukes them for making the schisms, but also advises that virtue not be considered in word, but in deed and power then, having rebuked the on
Henceforth they should no longer pay attention to those who deceived them, but rather to hold fast to the faith in christ, and to know that the grace
To abide in the faith, signifying, that paul himself is a minister of the gospel, in which they were instructed then he also discusses the law and th
Of the disorderly, but also to cast them out. for he showed such ones to be both meddlesome and wanderers. and in general he instructed that the one n
The occasion for this epistle is also thus: since those who had journeyed with paul had left him, the apostle, wanting timothy to come to him, writes
Thyatira, to sardis, to philadelphia, and to laodicea. and the things that are in the vision are many and various. and finally he saw the destruction
Four books of maccabees, ptolemaica, psalms and the ode of solomon, susanna. these are the disputed books of the old testament. and again, the apocryp
Years of the interpretation of the 72. a third interpretation is that of symmachus. he, being a samaritan, and not having been honored by his own peop
when it rejoices, the face flourishes; but when it is in sorrows, it is gloomy;” and, “An upright heart seeks perception; but the mouth of the uninstructed will know evil things;” and, “Hatred stirs up strife; but friendship covers all who are not contentious;” and, “He who despises a matter will be despised by it; but he who fears the commandment, this one is sound.” For the words of other men are for the most part ambiguous; but those of the wise, such as these are, are true, and have been made precise from every side, so that they cannot even be contradicted. And other men know the matter from the end of the action, for example: that the unjust man is worthless, and the adulterer evil; and this would be clear to anyone; but the wise foretell the beginnings of actions, and proclaim beforehand, as it were, symbols of the soul’s movements; so that each one, knowing the beginnings of evils, may be on guard, such as are the things previously mentioned: “Hatred stirs up strife; but friendship covers all who are not contentious.” For the contentious person has the beginning of such evil from hatred, and one would not say that the contentious person loves. Again, on the contrary, the one who is not contentious has a sign of love; and one would not call a loving person contentious, as again this: “Every idle person is in desires, and a quick-tempered person acts with lack of counsel.” For he signified the soul of the idle person to be sunk in all desires, and he showed the quick-tempered person to have not even one right counsel. And generally these proclaim moral principles rather, saying the beginning of the action from which it arises, that hatred precedes contentiousness; and love precedes not being contentious; and evil pleasure precedes idleness; and lack of counsel precedes being quick-tempered; and the beginning of being despised is despising the law; and the fear of God precedes soundness; and the beginning of the soul's destruction is to have an unguarded mouth; and rashness precedes someone's being terrified. And so by analyzing each saying, you will find it was said and written so that those who hear and learn the beginnings of evils and of goods might flee the wicked things, and do the good things. But riddles and dark sayings, which are indeed so secure as to annoy the one who encounters them by revealing nothing, nor offering any clue; but nevertheless, when they are investigated, they show the meaning within themselves. Such are: “The leech had three daughters 28.348 loved with love; and these three, and the fourth was not satisfied to say, Enough. Hades, and the love of a woman, and Tartarus, and the earth not being filled with water, and water, and fire, will not say, It is enough;” and again: “And there are three things impossible for me to understand, and the fourth I do not recognize: the tracks of an eagle flying, and the ways of a serpent on a rock, and the paths of a ship sailing the sea, and the ways of a man in his youth,” and however many such riddles there are; for they indicate certain other things, and present the thought of others; and while they are unclear, they have a hidden meaning. Book 15, Ecclesiastes. And Solomon wrote this book, as has been said before. And it is called Ecclesiastes, because the writer himself named it thus, saying in the beginning: “The words of Ecclesiastes, the son of David, king of Israel in Jerusalem; Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes.” And Solomon might be called by various names: wise, on the one hand, because he partook of wisdom; prudent, on the other, because prudence of truth was in him; and educated, because he had true education from the Lord. He was called Ecclesiastes, therefore, because he himself assembled the peoples, and spoke the things of the spirit. And in this book he appears to be philosophizing about natural contemplation. For since
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εὐφραινομένης, πρόσωπον θάλλει· ἐν δὲ λύπαις οὔσης, σκυθρωπάζει·» καὶ, «Καρδία ὀρθὴ ζητεῖ αἴσθησιν· στόμα δὲ ἀπαιδεύτων γνώσεται
κα κά·» καὶ, «Μῖσος ἐγείρει νεῖκος· πάντας δὲ τοὺς μὴ φιλονεικοῦντας καλύπτει φιλία·» καὶ, «Ὃς καταφρονεῖ πράγματος, καταφρονηθήσεται
ὑπ' αὐτοῦ· ὁ δὲ φοβούμενος ἐντολὴν, οὗτος ὑγιαίνει.» Τῶν μὲν γὰρ ἄλλων ἀνθρώπων οἱ λόγοι κατὰ πλεῖστον ἀμφί βολοι τυγχάνουσιν
ὄντες· οἱ δὲ τῶν σοφῶν, οἷοί εἰσιν οὗτοι, ἀληθεῖς εἰσι, καὶ πανταχόθεν ἠκρίβωνται, ὥστε μηδὲ ἀντιλέγεσθαι αὐτούς. Καὶ οἱ μὲν
ἄλλοι ἄνθρωποι ἀπὸ τοῦ τέλους τῆς πράξεως γνωρίζουσι τὸ πρᾶ γμα, οἷον· ὅτι Ὁ ἄδικος φαῦλόν ἐστι, καὶ ὁ μοιχὸς κακόν· τοῦτο
δὲ καὶ παντί τῳ δῆλον ἂν εἴη· οἱ δὲ σο φοὶ τὰς ἀρχὰς τῶν πράξεων προλέγουσι, καὶ ὥσπερ σύμβολα τῶν τῆς ψυχῆς κινημάτων προαπαγγέλλου
σιν· ἵν' ἕκαστος, γινώσκων τὰς ἀρχὰς τῶν κακῶν, φυλάττηται, οἷά ἐστι τὰ προειρημένα· «Μῖσος ἐγεί ρει νεῖκος· πάντας δὲ τοὺς
μὴ φιλονεικοῦντας καλύ πτει φιλία.» Ὁ γὰρ φίλερις ἀπὸ μίσους ἔχει τὴν ἀρχὴν τῆς τοιαύτης κακίας, καὶ οὐκ ἄν τις εἴποι ἀγα
πᾷν τὸν φιλονεικοῦντα. Πάλιν δὲ ἐκ τοῦ ἐναντίου, ὁ μὴ φιλονεικῶν γνώρισμα ἀγάπης ἔχει· καὶ οὐκ ἄν τις εἴποι φιλόνεικον τὸν
ἀγαπῶντα, ὡς πάλιν τό· «Ἐν ἐπιθυμίαις ἐστὶ πᾶς ἀεργὸς, καὶ ὀξύθυμος πράσσει μετὰ ἀβουλίας.» Τοῦ γὰρ ἀεργοῦ ἐσήμανε τὴν ψυχὴν
ἐν πάσαις ἐπιθυμίαις βεβυθίσθαι, καὶ τὸν ὀξύθυμον μηδὲ μίαν ἔχοντα βουλὴν ὀρθὴν ἐδήλωσε. Καὶ ὅλως οὗτοι τὰ ἠθικὰ μᾶλλον ἀπαγγέλλουσι,
τὴν ἀρχὴν τῆς πράξεως ὅθεν συνίσταται, λέγοντες, ὅτι τῆς μὲν φι λονεικίας προηγεῖται μῖσος· τοῦ δὲ μὴ φιλονεικεῖν προηγεῖται
ἀγάπη· καὶ τῆς μὲν ἀεργίας προηγεῖται ἡδονὴ κακή· τοῦ δὲ ὀξυθύμου προηγεῖται ἀβουλία· καὶ τοῦ μὲν ἐξουθενημένου ἀρχή ἐστι
τὸ καταφρονεῖν αὐτὸν τοῦ νόμου· τῆς δὲ ὑγείας προηγεῖται ὁ φόβος τοῦ Θεοῦ· καὶ τῆς μὲν ἀπωλείας τῆς ψυχῆς ἐστιν ἀρχὴ τὸ ἀφύλακτον
ἔχειν τὸ στόμα· τοῦ δὲ πτοεῖσθαί τινα προηγεῖται ἡ προπέτεια. Οὕτω δὲ ἑκάστην ῥῆσιν ἀναλύων, εὑρήσεις εἰρημένην καὶ γεγραμμένην
ὑπὲρ τοῦ τοὺς ἀκούοντας καὶ μανθάνοντας τὰς ἀρχὰς τῶν κακῶν καὶ τῶν ἀγαθῶν, φεύγειν μὲν τὰ φαῦλα, πράτ τειν δὲ τὰ ἀγαθά. Αἰνίγματα
δὲ καὶ σκοτεινοὶ λόγοι, οἵτινες ἀσφαλεῖς μὲν οὕτως εἰσὶν, ὥστε ἀνιᾷν τὸν ἐν τυγχάνοντα τῷ μηδὲν ἐμφαίνειν, μηδέ τινα ὑπόνοιαν
παρέχειν· ἐρευνώμενοι δὲ ὅμως δεικνύουσι τὸν ἐν αὑτοῖς νοῦν. Οἷοί εἰσι· «Τῇ βδέλλῃ τρεῖς θυγατέρες 28.348 ἦσαν ἀγαπήσει ἀγαπώμεναι·
καὶ αἱ τρεῖς αὗται, καὶ ἡ τετάρτη οὐκ ἠρκέσθη εἰπεῖν, Ἱκανόν. Ἅδης, καὶ ἔρως γυναικὸς, καὶ τάρταρος, καὶ γῆ οὐκ ἐμπιπλα μένη
ὕδατος, καὶ ὕδωρ, καὶ πῦρ, οὐ μὴ εἴπωσιν, Ἀρ κεῖ·» καὶ πάλιν· «Τρία δέ ἐστιν ἀδύνατά μοι νοῆ σαι, καὶ τὸ τέταρτον οὐκ ἐπιγινώσκω·
ἴχνη ἀετοῦ πετομένου, καὶ ὁδοὺς ὄφεως ἐπὶ πέτρας, καὶ τρίβους νηὸς ποντοπορούσης, καὶ ὁδοὺς ἀνδρὸς ἐν νεότητι,» καὶ ὅσα τοιαῦτά
ἐστιν αἰνίγματα· ἕτερα γάρ τινα δη λοῖ, καὶ ἑτέρων ἔννοιαν παρίστησι· καὶ ἀσαφῆ μὲν ἔστι, κεκρυμμένον δὲ ἔχει τὸν νοῦν Βιβλίον
ιεʹ, Ἐκκλησιαστής. Καὶ τοῦτο Σολομὼν ἔγραψε τὸ βιβλίον, καθά περ προείρηται. Λέγεται δὲ Ἐκκλησιαστὴς, ἐπειδὴ οὕτως ὠνόμασεν
αὐτὸς ὁ γράψας, εἰπὼν ἐν ἀρχῇ· «Ῥήματα Ἐκκλησιαστοῦ υἱοῦ ∆αβὶδ βασιλέως Ἰσραὴλἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ· Ματαιότης ματαιοτήτων, εἶπεν
ὁ Ἐκκλησιαστής.» Ποικίλως δ' ἂν ἐκλήθη ὁ Σολομών· σοφὸς μὲν, ὅτι σοφίας μετέσχε· φρόνιμος δὲ, ὅτι φρόνησις ἀληθείας ἦν ἐν
αὐτῷ· πεπαιδευμένος δὲ, ὅτι τὴν ἀληθινὴν παιδείαν παρὰ Κυρίου εἶχεν. Ἐκλήθη οὖν Ἐκκλησιαστὴς, ὅτι αὐτὸς ἐξεκλησίαζε τοὺς λαοὺς,
καὶ ἐλάλει τὰ τοῦ πνεύματος. Ἐν τούτῳ δὲ τῷ βιβλίῳ περὶ τῆς φυσικῆς θεωρίας φιλοσοφῶν φαίνεται. Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ
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