The History of the Essians

There's a really weird section in in josephus's book where he's like he's trying to explain. The Essians couldn't be Gnostic because Gnostic system didn't Haven't been invented yet, but they're in history as hollenic Gnostics too. I don't know why he well Let me think a couple and I don't think these are not mutually exclusive One reason he could be spending this much time on it is this is the School let's say that his readers would have been the least familiar with Yeah, because it was newer and it was weird or mazesso tarrick Maybe he had some involvement in it. In augustin in