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Strabo Greek Historian, 1 st cent. BCE

Strabo Greek Historian, 1 st cent. BCE. “Moses…taught, that the Egyptians were mistaken in representing the Divine Being by the images of beast and cattle…; and that the Greeks were also wrong in modeling gods in human form.

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Strabo Greek Historian, 1 st cent. BCE

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  1. StraboGreek Historian, 1st cent. BCE “Moses…taught, that the Egyptians were mistaken in representing the Divine Being by the images of beast and cattle…; and that the Greeks were also wrong in modeling gods in human form. For, according to him, God is this one thing alone that encompasses us all and encompasses land and sea—the thing which we call heaven, or universe, or the nature of all that exists. What man, then, if he has sense, could be bold enough to fabricate an image of God resembling any creature amongst us? Nay, people should leave off all image-carving and (…) should worship God without an image.” (16.2.35; Stern, No. 115).29

  2. Theophrastus • 4th cent. BCE • Greek philosopher, Aristotle’s successor • “During this whole time, being philosophers by race, they [the Jews] converse with each other about the deity, and at night-time they make observations of the stars, gazing at them andcalling on God by prayer.” (Theophrastus [372-288/7 BC] apud Porphyry, On Abstinence 2.26; Stern, No. 4)

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