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subject	book bibliographic info
gessius, florus	Bay (2022) 288 Dijkstra and Raschle (2020) 112, 117, 118, 119, 121, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 130 Taylor (2012) 55
gessius, praeses fl. aelius thebaidis	Hahn Emmel and Gotter (2008) 24, 142, 143, 152, 163, 166, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 180
gessius, the iatrosophist, doctor	Champion (2022) 16

List of validated texts:

1 validated results for "gessius"

1. Josephus Flavius, Jewish War, 2.433, 2.445 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Florus, Gessius • Gessius Florus

Found in books: Dijkstra and Raschle (2020) 121, 128; Taylor (2012) 55

2.433. Κἀν τούτῳ Μανάημός τις, υἱὸς ̓Ιούδα τοῦ καλουμένου Γαλιλαίου, σοφιστὴς δεινότατος, ὁ καὶ ἐπὶ Κυρινίου ποτὲ ̓Ιουδαίους ὀνειδίσας ὅτι ̔Ρωμαίοις ὑπετάσσοντο μετὰ τὸν θεόν, ἀναλαβὼν τοὺς γνωρίμους ἀνεχώρησεν εἰς Μασάδαν,' "
2.445. ὡς δ' οἱ περὶ τὸν ̓Ελεάζαρον ἐπ' αὐτὸν ὥρμησαν, ὅ τε λοιπὸς δῆμος ἐπὶ τὰς ὀργὰς λίθους ἁρπάσαντες τὸν σοφιστὴν ἔβαλλον, οἰόμενοι τούτου καταλυθέντος διατρέψειν ὅλην τὴν στάσιν,"'. None

2.433. 8. In the meantime, one Manahem, the son of Judas, that was called the Galilean (who was a very cunning sophister, and had formerly reproached the Jews under Cyrenius, that after God they were subject to the Romans) took some of the men of note with him, and retired to Masada,
2.445. But Eleazar and his party fell violently upon him, as did also the rest of the people; and taking up stones to attack him withal, they threw them at the sophister, and thought, that if he were once ruined, the entire sedition would fall to the ground.''. None

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