Selections From Josephus

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Selections From Josephus includes material grouped under autobiography, with the contents listing education, a shipwreck on a voyage to Rome, and life as a Roman citizen. The text describes a community whose courts never pass sentence with fewer than a hundred members, whose decisions are irrevocable, and whose members regard obedience to elders and the majority as a point of honour.

A section on the Essenes divides members into four grades according to the duration of their discipline and describes seniors bathing after contact with juniors. A first-person account recalls receiving lodging, Roman citizenship and a pension from Vespasian, together with continuing kindness and a considerable tract of land in Judæa. A quoted appeal urges John to repent of misdeeds and questions the expectation of divine support while sacrifices and ceremonies have been interrupted.

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Flavius Josephus

Flavius Josephus (born 37 CE, died around 100) was a Jerusalem priest of aristocratic descent who commanded Jewish forces in Galilee during the revolt against Rome.