Against Apion
Against Apion
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And let this suffice foran answer in general to Apion, as to what he says with relation to theAlexandrian Jews.
7. However, I cannot but admire those other authors who furnished thisman with such his materials; I mean Possidonius and Apollonius [the sonof] Molo, [8] who, while they accuse us for not worshipping the samegods whom others worship, they think themselves not guilty of impietywhen they tell lies of us, and frame absurd and reproachful storiesabout our temple; whereas it is a most sha...meful thing for freemen toforge lies on any occasion, and much more so to forge them about ourtemple, which was so famous over all the world, and was preserved sosacred by us; for Apion hath the impudence to pretend that, "the Jewsplaced an ass's head in their holy place;" and he affirms that this wasdiscovered when Antiochus Epiphanes spoiled our temple, and found thatass's head there made of gold, and worth a great deal of money. To thismy first answer shall be this, that had there been any such thing amongus, an Egyptian ought by no means to have thrown it in our teeth, sincean ass is not a more contemptible animal than [9] and goats, and othersuch creatures, which among them are gods.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
And let this suffice foran answer in general to Apion, as to what he says with relation to theAlexandrian Jews.
7. However, I cannot but admire those other authors who furnished thisman with such his materials; I mean Possidonius and Apollonius [the sonof] Molo, [8] who, while they accuse us for not worshipping the samegods whom others worship, they think themselves not guilty of impietywhen they tell lies of us, and frame absurd and reproachful storiesabout our temple; whereas it is a most sha...meful thing for freemen toforge lies on any occasion, and much more so to forge them about ourtemple, which was so famous over all the world, and was preserved sosacred by us; for Apion hath the impudence to pretend that, "the Jewsplaced an ass's head in their holy place;" and he affirms that this wasdiscovered when Antiochus Epiphanes spoiled our temple, and found thatass's head there made of gold, and worth a great deal of money. To thismy first answer shall be this, that had there been any such thing amongus, an Egyptian ought by no means to have thrown it in our teeth, sincean ass is not a more contemptible animal than [9] and goats, and othersuch creatures, which among them are gods.
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