Book V - Snyder Bible

The Preaching of Simeon Kefa 321
fire which ascended to the upper regions they called Jupiter;
wherefore they say that he ascended to Olympus riding on a
she-goat.
Chapter XXXIII: Allegory of Jupiter, Etc.
Now this Jupiter the Greeks would have to be called from
his living, or giving life, but our people from his giving succor.
They say, therefore, that this is the living substance, which,
placed in the upper regions, and drawing all things to itself by
the influence of heat, as by the convolution of the brain, and
arranging them by the moderation of a certain tempering, is
said from his head to have produced wisdom, whom they call
Minerva, who was called Athena by the Greeks on account of
her immortality; who, because the father of all created all
things by his wisdom, is also said to have been produced from
his head, and from the principal place of all, and is
represented as having formed and adorned the whole world
by the regulated admixture of the elements. Therefore the
forms which were impressed upon matter, that the world
might be made, because they are constrained by the force of
heat, are said to be held together by the energy of Jupiter. And
since there are enough of these, and they do not need anything
new to be added to them, but each thing is repaired by the
produce of its own seed, the hands of Saturn are said to be
bound by Jupiter; because, as I have said, time now produces
from matter nothing new: but the warmth of seeds restores all
things according to their kinds; and no birth of Rheathat is,
no increase of flowing matterascends further. And therefore
they call that first division of the elements the mutilation of
Saturn, because he cannot any more produce a world.
Chapter XXXIV: Other Allegories
And of Venus they give forth an allegory to this effect.
When, say they, the sea was put under the air, and when the
brightness of the heavens shone more pleasantly, being reflected
from the waters, the loveliness of things, which appeared
fairer from the waters, was called Venus; and she, it,