Letter 116
Nilus of Ancyra→Epigonus|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted
To the Same Person.
That the Mosaic text requires much contemplation and understanding, and deep investigation, is shown by the mystical name of the well of vision [a reference to Beer-lahai-roi, "the well of the Living One who sees me," Genesis 16:14].
Ὅτι πολλῆς θεωρίας καὶ νοήσεως δεῖται τὸ Μωσαϊκὸν γράμμα, καὶ βαθείας ἐρεύνης, πείθεσαι ἡ μυστικὴ προσγορία τοῦ φρέατος τῆς ὁράσεως.
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To the Same Person.
That the Mosaic text requires much contemplation and understanding, and deep investigation, is shown by the mystical name of the well of vision [a reference to Beer-lahai-roi, "the well of the Living One who sees me," Genesis 16:14].
AI-assisted translation - This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek below for scholarly use.
Latin / Greek Original
Ὅτι πολλῆς θεωρίας καὶ νοήσεως δεῖται τὸ Μωσαϊκὸν γράμμα, καὶ βαθείας ἐρεύνης, πείθεσαι ἡ μυστικὴ προσγορία τοῦ φρέατος τῆς ὁράσεως.
Revision history
- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern nilus ancyra workflow v1.
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