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The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

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<strong>the</strong>se * houses' <strong>the</strong>y lived in common,'' under<br />

<strong>of</strong>ficials <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir own. <strong>The</strong> affairs <strong>of</strong> * <strong>the</strong> order'<br />

were administered by a tribunal <strong>of</strong> at least a<br />

hundred members.* <strong>The</strong>y wore a common dress,<br />

engaged in common labour, united in common<br />

prayers, partook <strong>of</strong> common meals, <strong>and</strong> devoted<br />

<strong>the</strong>mselves to works <strong>of</strong> charity, for which each had<br />

liberty to draw from <strong>the</strong> com-<br />

* Compare Jo§ephM»^ Ant xiiL 5, 9; xt. 10. 4, 6;<br />

xviii. 1. 6; Jewish War, ii 8, 2-13; PkilOt Qaod<br />

omnis probns liber,<br />

kl2, 13 (ed. Mangey, ii. 457-469; ed. r. <strong>and</strong> Prcf.<br />

pp. 876-879 ; ed. Richter. TOL V. pp. 286-288);<br />

Pliny, N.H. v. 16,<br />

\J, For retoenoei in <strong>the</strong> Ffttb^rs «e9<br />

Bp. lAgktfoct on Coloesians, pp. 83, 84 (note).<br />

Comp. <strong>the</strong> literature <strong>the</strong>re <strong>and</strong> in SekUrer (Neatest.<br />

Zeitgesch. p. 599), to which I would add Dr.<br />

Oinburg'i Art. * Essenes' in SmUh't <strong>and</strong> Wuce'f

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