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The Monks Before Christ: Their Spirit and Their History - Page 114
by John Edgar Johnson - 1870 - 144 pages
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The works of Flavius Josephus. To which are added, 3 dissertations ..., Volume 3

Flavius Josephus - 1814 - 468 pages
...principal part of human life, which is the prospect of succession ; nay, rather, that if all men-should be of the same opinion, the whole race of mankind...would fail. However they try their spouses for three years, and if they find that they have their natural purgations thrice, as trials that they are likely...
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The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus: The Learned and Authentic ..., Volume 6

Flavius Josephus - 1815 - 296 pages
...Moreeover, there is another order of Essens, who agree with the rest as to their way of living, aud customs, and laws, but differ from them in the point...would fail. However, they try their spouses for three years, and if they find that they have their natural purgations thrice, as trials that they are likely...
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The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus: The Learned and Authentic ..., Volume 6

Flavius Josephus - 1815 - 298 pages
...to their way of living, aud customs, and laws, but differ from them in the point of marriage, fi» thinking that by not marrying they cut off the principal...would fail. However, they try their spouses for three years, and if they find that they have their natural purgations thrice, as trials that they are likely...
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The Works of Josephus--: Containing Twenty Books of the Jewish ..., Volume 2

Flavius Josephus - 1825 - 610 pages
...Hade>, eee that excellent discours« or homily nf our Josephut concerning Hades, at the end ot TOI. life, which is the prospect of succession ; nay, rather, that if all men should be of the saine opinion, the whole race of mankind would fail. However, they try their spouses for three years...
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An Inquiry Concerning the Origin of Christianity

Charles Christian Hennell - 1838 - 402 pages
...but seldom that they miss in their predictions. " Moreover, there is another order of Essenes, who agree with the rest as to their way of living, and...same opinion, the whole race of mankind would fail." Josephus, in another place, gives a concise account of the Essenes, thus : — " The doctrine of the...
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The philosophy of necessity, or, The law of consequences: as applicable to ...

Charles Bray - 1841 - 694 pages
...and laws, but differed from them in the point of marriage, " as thinking that by not marrying thoy cut off the principal part of human life, which is...same opinion, the whole race of mankind would fail."" 1 The TherapeutiB were a branch of the Essenes who devoted themselves entirely to a contemplative life...
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The Philosophy of Necessity: Or, The Law of Consequences; as ..., Volume 2

Charles Bray - 1841 - 380 pages
...point of marriage, " as thinking that by not marrying they cut off the principal part of human lifo, which is the prospect of succession ; nay, rather,...same opinion, the whole race of mankind would fail."* The Therapeuta were a branch of the Essenes who devoted themselves entirely to a contemplative life...
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An Outline of the Various Social Systems and Communities which Have Been ...

Mary Hennell - 1844 - 384 pages
...MONASTIC INSTITUTIONS, 27 , the rest as to their way of living, and customs, and laws, but differed from them in the point of marriage, " as thinking...same opinion, the whole race of mankind would fail."* The Therapeutse were a branch of the Essenes who devoted themselves entirely to a contemplative life,...
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An Outline of the Various Social Systems and Communities which Have Been ...

Mary Hennell - 1844 - 374 pages
...living, and customs, and laws, hut differed from them in the point of marriage, " as thinking that hy not marrying they cut off the principal part of human...same opinion, the whole race of mankind would fail."* The Therapeutae were a hranch of the Essenes who devoted themselves entirely to a contemplative life,...
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The Works of Flavius Josephus, the Learned and Authentic Jewish ..., Volume 2

Flavius Josephus - 1852 - 712 pages
...but seldom that they miss in their predictions. 13. Moreover, there is another order of Essens, who agree with the rest as to their way of living, and...would fail. However, they try their spouses for three years, and if they find that they have their natural purgations thrice, as trials that they are likely...
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