...This chapter asks: how did Philo and Josephus characterize the scriptures of the Essenes and Therapeutae? It is difficult to know with certainty what the Essenes and Therapeutae understood by way of one or more collections of authoritative scriptures since what is known about both Jewish groups...

... to ancient readers. genealogies Genesis genealogies of gods bodies of Hecataeus of Miletus heroes Hesiod Homer Israel Jesus Matthew gospel of prose genealogy used in Apollodorus of Athens Hippias of Elis Hyginus Josephus Luke gospel of mythos mythoi Plato philosopher Polybius Acusilaus...

... gospel of Acrisius Danae Jesus Perseus Augustus Caesar Marathus Julius Suetonius Acca Larentia Amulius divine conception Josephus Julian family Moses Numitor Pharaoh Remus birth of Rhea Silvia Romulus Amram astrology Diodorus of Sicily Thermouthis credibility establishing...

...This chapter establishes that most of the sexual ethics of Second Temple Judaism are similar to the ideological sexual codes of the Roman Empire. It examines works as diverse as Tobit, the writings of Philo and Josephus, and the Dead Sea Scrolls. It contends that the dominant sexual ideology among...