Prolegomena Introductory remarks or a formal preface to a scholarly work.

I. On the manuscripts and editions.

1. Among all the handwritten books original: "libros manu scriptos," referring to manuscripts produced before the age of printing. in which Philo’s short work On the Creation of the World is preserved, the primary place is held by Codex Vindobonensis theol. gr. 29 (V). This is a parchment manuscript, in a very large format, produced in the 11th century, and apparently written in an elegant hand. At my request, S. Mekler and G. Weinberger of Vienna performed a collation The process of comparing different manuscripts of the same text to identify variations in the wording. of the text, for which I express my deepest gratitude to them here as well. In addition to this collation, I was able to use the one which Friedrich Hanssen prepared for his own use and very generously allowed me to inspect; new variations in the writing that I took from that source, I have designated with the mark Vʰ.

The following items are contained in Codex V: folios 1—61ʳ The letter 'r' stands for 'recto,' the front side of a leaf; 'v' stands for 'verso,' the back side. contain the four books of the Prophetic Selections concerning Christ by Eusebius Pamphili Eusebius of Caesarea (c. 260–339 CE), a foundational historian of the early Christian Church.; folios 61ᵛ—141ᵛ contain the seven books of John Philoponus’s Commentary on the Six Days of Creation original: "in Hexaemeron," a common title for theological works discussing the six days of creation in Genesis.; folios 142ʳ—146ʳ contain his discussion on the time for celebrating Easter; folios 147ʳ—154ᵛ contain the first part of Philo’s book On the Creation of the World; and folios 155ʳ—249 contain the Catechetical Lectures of Saint Cyril, Bishop of Jerusalem. More works by Philo were once included; for on folio 146ᵛ, the following table This table of contents suggests the manuscript was once much larger or intended to be more comprehensive. appears:

original Greek: "ΤΑΔΕ ΕΝΕΣΤΙΝ ΦΙΛΩΝΟC"

On the making of the world according to Moses:
Questions and Solutions on Genesis, Books 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6:
Questions and Solutions on Exodus, Books 2 and 5:
On the descendants of the self-styled wise Cain, and how he becomes an exile, Book 12:
On the Ten Commandments original: "δεκαλογίων" (the Decalogue).:
On the laws categorized under two types of the Ten Commandments:

the 6th and 7th, namely that against adulterers and every person of unrestrained lust, and that against murderers and every kind of violence; and the 8th, 9th, and 10th, namely that concerning not stealing, not bearing false witness, and not desiring; and concerning the things related to each one; and concerning justice which applies to all the Ten Commandments; which is the conclusion of the entire arrangement.