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XII. (75) Moreover Palestine and Syria too are not barren of exemplary wisdom and virtue, which countries no slight portion of that most populous nation of the Jews inhabits. There is a portion of those people called Essenes, in number something more than four thousand in my opinion, who derive their name from their piety, though not according to any accurate form of the Grecian dialect, because they are above all men devoted to the service of God, not sacrificing living animals, but studying rather to preserve their own minds in a state of holiness and purity.
http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/yonge/book33.html
The Works of Philo
EVERY GOOD MAN IS FREE*
He was referring to the Essenes.
http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/yonge/book33.html
The Works of Philo
EVERY GOOD MAN IS FREE*
He was referring to the Essenes.