He is the one, mild, humble, and gentle,8 who went out into the field to meditate, when there came Rebecca (or patience).9 For a wise man should remove himself from fleshly pleasures, elevate his soul, and draw away from the body; this is to know oneself a man—homo in Latin, but Enos10 in the language of the Chaldaeans. Enos’ successor called upon God in hope and so is thought to have been transported.11 And so only that man seems to be “man” who puts his hope in God. Moreover, the clear and truthful