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Homilies on Joshua, Homilia XV · §1

Caleb’s request at eighty-five

Caleb son of Jephunneh: I am eighty-five; give me the hill country of Hebron. Faith does not age. The Anakim — pride’s giants — must be driven out.

Latin

Caleb filius Iephonne: Octoginta quinque annorum sum; da mihi montem Hebron. Fides non senescit. Enacim expellendi — gigantes superbiae.

About this text

Origen’s Homilia XV on Joshua (Rufinus’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–4.

English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VII (GCS 30, 1921), Rufinus’s Latin of Homilia XV. Bruce FOTC 105 was not used as wording. This page is Homilia XV §§1–4 (closeout).

Witnesses

  • Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VII = GCS 30 (1921) (Latin · Homilia XV §§1–4)

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