The Arguments of the Emperor Julian Against the Christians — page 37: what you’re looking at

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14 THE EMPEROR $ULIAN’S ARGUMENTS but that he made others, as the heaven and the earth, the sun and the moon. And that some things which had an existence, indeed, but were concealed, he separated, as water and the dry land. Besides this, neither has he ventured to say any thing about the generation, or about the creation of the spirit; but only says, that the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. But he does not at all indicate whether it was un- begotten or generated. Since, therefore, about the proximate Demi- urgus of this world does Moses appear to have discussed every thing, let us compare with each other the opinion of the Hebrews and of our fathers on this subject. Moses says, that the Demiurgus of the world selected the nation of the Hebrews, paid attention to, and was careful of them alone; but of other nations, he makes no mention whatever, how, or by what gods they are governed, unless some one should grant that he distributed to them the sun and moon, Of these things, however, we shall shortly speak. This much, indeed, I will show at present, that Moses himself, and the prophets after him, Jesus CONNIE DOOKS.CO