Philonis Judaei Paralipomena Armena

...creator. But the tree of life that is in the middle is knowledge, not only of those things that have been, but also of the elder and supreme cause of all things. For if anyone shall be able to receive the certain apparition of this, he shall be fortunate and happy, and truly immortal. Moreover, after this world, wisdom (human) existed, since paradise (was made) after the creation of the world: as poets say of the chorus of musicians, that they might praise the creator, and his works; as Plato said, the creator as the great and good (cause) of causes, but the world as the most beautiful of created things.

VII. First, because the movement of the world is from the rising of the sun to the setting: but from where the movement is, that is the first. Second, because that which is from the region of the east is said to be the right part of the world; that which is from the region of the west, the left. The poet also testifies, calling the eastern birds right, and the western left; when he says: If indeed they go into the right part, (they proceed) toward the day and the sun; but if to the left, toward the dark evening. Adin, however, interpreted as a name, is altogether an indication of delights, of joy, and of gladness; since all goods, and grace, take their beginning from the dominical (divine) place. Third, because it is wisdom itself, and splendor, and light.

...creator. But the tree of life, which was in the middle, is knowledge, not only of creatures, but also of the greater and supreme cause of all things. For if anyone shall be able to receive the certain apparition of this, he will be fortunate and happy, and truly immortal. Moreover, after this world, wisdom (human) existed, since paradise (was made) after the creation of the world: as poets say (that a chorus of musicians was constituted), that they might praise the creator, and his works; as Plato said, the creator as the maximum and optimum (cause) of causes, the world indeed as the most beautiful of creatures.

VII. First, because the motion of the world is from the rising of the sun to the setting: but from where the motion is, that is the first. Second, because that which is from the region of the east is said to be the right part of the world; that which is from the region of the west, the left. The poet also testifies, calling the eastern birds right, and the western left; when he says: For if they go into the right part, (they proceed) toward the day and the sun; but if to the left, toward the dark evening. Adin, however, as an interpreted name, is altogether an indication of delights, of joy, and of gladness; since all goods, and grace, take their beginning from the dominical (divine) place. Third, because (it is) wisdom itself, and splendor, and light.