Letter 113
To the Same Person.
Understand the face of Moses to be the light of the Pentateuch [the first five books of the Law], and the veil to be the obscurity of the blessed words, and the parabolic, or symbolic, and the enigmatic element. And holy Moses, concerning the well from which all have drunk, says certain things in a parabolic manner; and next he adds: "Therefore those who speak in riddles will say such and such." [Numbers 21:27, Septuagint]
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Latin / Greek Original
Πρόσωπον Μωϋσέως νόησον εἶναι τὸ φῶς τῆς Πεντατεύχου, κάλυμμα δὲ τὸ ἀσαφὲς τῶν μακαρίων λόγων, καὶ τὸ παραβολικόν, ἢ συμβολικόν, καὶ τὸ αἰνιγματῶδες. Καὶ λέγει ὁ ἅγιος Μωϋσῆς ἐπὶ τῷ φρέατος, ὅθεν πάντες πεπώκασι, παραβολικῶς τινά· καὶ ἑξῆς ἐπιφέρει· Διὰ τοῦτο ἐροῦσιν οἱ αἰνιγματισταὶ τάδε καὶ τάδε.
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