c. AD 94

J. AJ 18.20

The Antiquities of the Jews 18.20

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

18.20

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

20It also deserves our admiration, how much they exceed all other men that addict themselves to virtue, and this in righteousness; and indeed to such a degree, that as it hath never appeared among any other men, neither Greeks nor barbarians, no, not for a little time, so hath it endured a long while among them. This is demonstrated by that institution of theirs, which will not suffer any thing to hinder them from having all things in common; so that a rich man enjoys no more of his own wealth than he who hath nothing at all. There are about four thousand men that live in this way,