Church History 7.32.16 · Sophia Scriptura

Greek text · Dindorf 4:343–344

ἔστι δʼ οὐχ “ἡμέτερος οὗτος ὁ λόγος, Ἰουδαίοις δὲ ἐγινώσκετο “τοῖς πάλαι καὶ πρὸ Χριστοῦ, ἐφυλάττετό τε πρὸς “αὐτῶν μάλιστα. μαθεῖν δʼ ἔστιν ἐκ τῶν ὑπὸ Φί- “λωνος, Ἰωσήπου, Μουσαίου λεγομένων, καὶ οὐ “μόνων τούτων, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν ἔτι παλαιοτέρων, “ἀμφοτέρων Ἀγαθοβούλων τῶν ἐπίκλην διδασκά- “λων, Ἀριστοβούλου τοῦ πάνυ, ὃς ἐν τοῖς ἑβδομή- “κοντα κατειλεγμένος τοῖς τὰς ἱερὰς καὶ θείας “Ἑβραίων ἑρμηνεύσασι γραφὰς Πτολεμαίῳ τῷ Φιλα- “δέλφῳ καὶ τῷ τούτου πατρὶ, καὶ βίβλους ἐξηγητι- “κὰς τοῦ Μωυσέως νόμου τοῖς αὐτοῖς προσεφώνησε “βασιλεῦσιν.

English · Claude translation

This reasoning is not ours, but was known to the Jews of old, even before Christ, and was observed by them above all. One may learn it from what is said by Philo, Josephus, and Musaeus, and not only these, but also by those still more ancient, the two Agathobuli, surnamed the Teachers, and the famous Aristobulus, who was numbered among the Seventy who translated the sacred and divine Scriptures of the Hebrews for Ptolemy Philadelphus and his father, and who dedicated books of exegesis of the law of Moses to the same kings.

About this passage

Source

Dindorf 4:343–344 · Wilhelm Dindorf, ed., Eusebii Caesariensis Opera, vol. 4: Historiae ecclesiasticae libri I–X (Leipzig: Teubner, 1871) · Greek text: W. Dindorf, Eusebii Caesariensis Opera 4 (Leipzig: Teubner, 1871), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0

Text

As printed in Dindorf, Eusebii Opera 4. Manuscript variants and the editor's apparatus are not reproduced; no textual problem is noted in this passage.

Translation

Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Dindorf, Eusebii Caesariensis Opera 4 (Teubner, 1871); made independently of existing English translations.

Compare

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 1 (1890) (an older public-domain English translation, whole volume at CCEL; checked against ours only after ours was made)

Extrabiblical texts

Philo (Philo of Alexandria (works)) · allusion, medium confidence
Josephus (Josephus (works)) · allusion, medium confidence
Aristobulus, Aristob. (Aristobulus (fragments)) · allusion, high confidence
Anatolius of Laodicea, Anatolius, Pasch. (Anatolius of Laodicea, On the Pascha) · quotation, high confidence

Notes

Translation notes

Quotation from Anatolius of Laodicea, On the Pascha. Musaeus and the Agathobuli are otherwise unknown; the claim that Aristobulus was one of the Seventy is Anatolius's.

Cite this passage

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 7.32.16 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/7/32/16/).

Plain text

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 7.32.16 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/7/32/16/).