Who is the Heir of Divine Things?
Philo of Alexandria
Section 189
About this work
An interpretation of God’s promises to Abraham and the question of inheritance. Philo explores wisdom, the divine word, and the soul’s relationship to God.
- Author
- Philo of Alexandria
- Date
- First century AD; dates vary by treatise
- Genre
- Theological Treatise
- Textual language
- Greek
- Translator
- C. D. Yonge
- Translation / Edition
- C. D. Yonge translation, first published 1854.
XXXIX. (189) Very naturally therefore does Moses say, "He who is rich will not add anything, and he who is poor will not diminish anything of the half of the double Drachm," which is, as I have said before, a drachm, and a unit; to which every member might quote that line of the poet:
With thee I'll end, with thee I will begin.