Commentarius in Sapientiam IV
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3.1 Δικαίων δὲ ψυχαὶ ἐν χειρὶ θεοῦ, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἅψηται αὐτῶν βάσανος. That it is the “souls” (ψυχαὶ) of the just, but not the bodies, that are in the hand of God says something about the psychology, anthropology, and cosmology of the author of Wisdom. For him, the human being is principally spiritual or psychic, and only secondarily bodily; or, alternativ…
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