Exhortation to the Greeks
Apologetic work attributed to Justin, arguing that the Greeks drew their wisdom from Moses and the Egyptians, establishing the priority and antiquity of biblical revelation.
Preface and Praise of Sacred Scripture
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Praises of Moses from Scripture and the Fathers
— Justin cited on Greeks drawing wisdom from Egyptians and from Moses
"Hear Saint Justin in his Exhortation, or Paranaesis to the Greeks, in which he teaches throughout that the Greeks drew their wisdom and knowledge of God from the Egyptians, and these from Moses."
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Praises of Moses from Scripture and the Fathers
— Justin cited: Moses wrote in Hebrew before Greek letters existed
"Moses wrote his history in Hebrew, when the letters of the Greeks had not yet been invented."
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Praises of Moses from Scripture and the Fathers
— Justin cited: from Diodorus, Orpheus, Homer, Solon, Pythagoras, Plato, and the Sibyl learned from Moses through the Egyptians
"from Diodorus he teaches that Orpheus, Homer, Solon, Pythagoras, Plato, the Sibyl, and others, when they had been in Egypt, changed their opinion about many gods"
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Moses as the Most Ancient Theologian, Philosopher, Poet, and Historian
— Justin cited: Diodorus lists six ancient legislators with Moses first
"Diodorus, the most esteemed of all historians, says Saint Justin in his Exhortation to the Greeks, lists six ancient legislators, and first of all Moses"
Chapter I (The Six Days of Creation)
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He Created
— Cited on "to create" meaning to make from nothing
"St. Justin, in the Admonitory"