| Flavius Josephus - 1825 - 610 pages
...our admiration. Nor is there any one to be found among them, who bath more i lian another ; for it is a law among them, that those who come to them must...other's possessions, and so there is, as it were, one pa. trimony among all the brethren. They think that oil is a defilement ; and if any of them be anointed,... | |
| Flavius Josephus - 1856 - 604 pages
...our admiration. Nor is there any one to be found among them, who hath more than another ; for it is a law among them, that those who come to them must...the whole order, insomuch that among them all there to no appearance of poverty or excess of riches, but every one's possessions are intermingled with... | |
| Evan Powell Meredith - 1864 - 634 pages
...kindred. They do not absolutely deny the fitness of marriage These men are despisere of riches It is a law among them that those who come to them must let what they have be common to the whole order, so there is, ŕ˙ it were, one patrimony among all the brethren They have stewards to take care of... | |
| John Edgar Johnson - 1870 - 166 pages
...one to be found among them who hath more than another ; for it was a law among them, that those that come to them must let what they have be common to the whole order." " They are eminent for fidelity, and are the ministers of peace ; whatsoever they say also is firmer... | |
| William Denton - 1877 - 272 pages
...our admiration. Nor is there any one to be found among them who hath more than another ; for it is a law among them, that those who come to them must let what they have be common to the whole order." Another witness says, " They had no individual property ; . . . and their. communistic motto, which... | |
| Herbert Junius Hardwicke - 1884 - 308 pages
...kindred They do not absolutely deny the fitness of marriage These men are despisers of riches It is a law among them that those who come to them must let what they have be common to the whole order so there is, as it were, patrimony among all the brethren They have stewards to take care of their... | |
| Charles Randall Barnes - 1900 - 1292 pages
...pollution. The strongest tie by which the members were united was the absolute community of goods. " It is a law among them that those who come to them must let what they have be common to the whole order. They also have stewards appointed to tnko care of their common affairs. They choose fitting persons... | |
| Heathcote William Garrod - 1906 - 286 pages
...riches. . . . Nor is there any one to be found among them richer than another; for it is a law [243] among them that those who come to them must let what they have be common to the whole order . . . they also have stewards appointed to take care of their common things. . . . They have no certain... | |
| Leonard Brown - 1908 - 630 pages
...ones admiration. Nor is there any one to be found among them who hath more than another; for it is a law among them that those who come to them must let what they have be common to the whole order, in so much that among them all there is no appearance of poverty or excess of riches; but every one's... | |
| Isaac Landman, Simon Cohen - 1943 - 722 pages
...historian (Jewish War, book 2, chap. 8, section 2) as men who are "despisers of riches — for there is a law among them that those who come to them must...is no appearance of poverty or excess of riches but everyone's possession are intermingled with every other's possessions." The Essene disregard for personal... | |
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