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Homilies on Judges, Homilia V · §1

Deborah judges Israel

Deborah the prophetess was judging Israel. A woman judges when men grow slack. She sat under the palm; Israel went up for judgment.

Latin

Debbora prophetissa iudicabat Israel. Mulier iudex — quando viri torpent. Sedebat sub palma; filii Israel ascendebant ad iudicium.

About this text

Origen’s Homilia V on Judges (Rufinus’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–3.

English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VII (GCS 30, 1921), Rufinus’s Latin of Homilia V. Modern FOTC was not used as wording. This page is Homilia V §§1–3 (closeout).

Witnesses

  • Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VII = GCS 30 (1921) (Latin · Homilia V §§1–3)

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