c. AD 77

J. BJ 2.122

The Wars of the Jews 2.122

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

2.122

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

1223. These men are despisers of riches, and so very communicative as raises our admiration. Nor is there anyone to be found among them who hath more than another; for it is a law among them, that those who come to them must let what they have be common to the whole order,—insomuch that among them all there is no appearance of poverty, or excess of riches, but every one’s possessions are intermingled with every other’s possessions; and so there is, as it were, one patrimony among all the brethren.