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history_n we_o have_v in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o maccabee_n in_o the_o year_n of_o nabonassar_n 588._o and_o of_o the_o julian_n period_n 4553._o at_o which_o time_n as_o the_o same_o josephus_n commemorate_v antiquit._n l._n 13._o c._n 9_o there_o grow_v up_o three_o sect_n or_o heresy_n of_o the_o jew_n which_o deliver_v divers_a doctrine_n not_o of_o religious_a duty_n but_o of_o human_a affair_n principal_o the_o fato_fw-la one_o of_o the_o pharisee_n a_o second_o of_o the_o sadducee_n a_o three_o of_o the_o essen_v who_o live_v a_o active_a life_n different_a from_o the_o other_o so_o philo_n de_fw-la vita_fw-la contemplativa_fw-la distinguish_v they_o from_o the_o theoretic_n who_o he_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o so_o photius_n in_o bibliothec._n n._n 104._o interpret_n philo_n sai_z lectae_fw-la sunt_fw-la philosophantium_fw-la apud_fw-la judaeos_fw-la vivendi_fw-la rationes_fw-la &_o contemplativa_fw-la &_o activa_fw-la quorum_fw-la hi_o esseni_fw-la illi_fw-la therapeut_fw-fr ae_z appellantur_fw-la these_o esseni_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d denominate_v from_o their_o sanctity_n retire_v from_o the_o noise_n and_o crowd_n of_o populous_a city_n into_o solitary_a village_n affect_a solitude_n gens_fw-la sola_fw-la sine_fw-la ulla_fw-la faemina_fw-la sine_fw-la pecunia_fw-la socia_fw-la palmarum_fw-la etc._n etc._n no_o wonder_n then_o if_o all_o the_o four_o evangelist_n be_v silent_a concern_v they_o since_o they_o live_v stranger_n and_o unknown_a even_o to_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o jerusalem_n nor_o be_v any_o mention_n of_o they_o to_o be_v find_v in_o the_o write_n of_o any_o rabbin_n before_o zacuthius_fw-la a_o late_a writer_n and_o live_v in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 1502._o but_o the_o pharisee_n and_o their_o antagonist_n the_o sadducee_n make_v a_o great_a bustle_n and_o noise_n in_o the_o court_n of_o jerusalem_n where_o they_o live_v in_o mutual_a emulation_n draw_v mighty_a party_n after_o they_o the_o rich_a for_o the_o most_o part_n patronise_a the_o sadducee_n and_o the_o common_a people_n adhere_v to_o the_o pharisee_n as_o we_o read_v in_o josephus_n antiquit_n l._n 13._o c._n 18._o and_o in_o truth_n those_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d unwritten_a tradition_n assert_v by_o the_o pharisee_n grow_v more_o and_o more_o authentic_a in_o the_o school_n be_v open_o teach_v by_o the_o rabbin_n by_o word_n of_o mouth_n to_o their_o disciple_n and_o studious_o propagate_v as_o sacred_a verity_n but_o not_o publish_v in_o writing_n yet_o at_o length_n after_o the_o city_n of_o jerusalem_n have_v be_v sack_v and_o demolish_v by_o titus_n and_o repair_v by_o hadrian_n in_o such_o sort_n that_o the_o poor_a jew_n retain_v neither_o their_o name_n nor_o nation_n nor_o religion_n while_o by_o the_o sedition_n of_o one_o barchocebas_n almost_o all_o judea_n be_v reduce_v to_o a_o desert_n as_o xiphiliâ—_n in_o vita_fw-la hadriani_n report_v and_o while_o the_o jew_n be_v disperse_v and_o in_o exile_n prohibit_v to_o set_v a_o foot_n upon_o their_o native_a soil_n and_o the_o school_n that_o have_v be_v design_v to_o promote_v the_o pharisaic_a discipline_n fail_v one_o rabbi_n jehuda_n who_o they_o call_v hakadosh_n i._n e._n the_o saint_n with_o vast_a labour_n collect_v all_o the_o tradition_n judgement_n opinion_n and_o exposition_n that_o the_o synagogue_n of_o all_o age_n precedent_n have_v deliver_v upon_o the_o whole_a law_n compose_v of_o they_o the_o book_n of_o the_o mishna_n and_o read_v it_o public_o and_o this_o he_o do_v lest_o the_o tradition_n of_o their_o ancestor_n may_v otherwise_o be_v lose_v and_o forget_v he_o live_v under_o the_o three_o antonins_n pius_n marcus_n and_o commodus_n and_o finish_v this_o syntagm_n of_o the_o mishna_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o the_o last_o and_o as_o de_n gantz_n compute_v in_o the_o year_n 120._o from_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o temple_n but_o of_o the_o christian_a aera_fw-la 190._o this_o mishna_n be_v their_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d second_n la_o so_o call_v to_o distinguish_v it_o from_o the_o first_o which_o be_v write_v of_o christian_a writer_n the_o first_o that_o remember_v this_o book_n of_o the_o mishna_n seem_v to_o be_v the_o emperor_n justinian_n a_o great_a collector_n of_o ancient_n but_o civil_a law_n and_o constitution_n who_o in_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 551._o give_v leave_v to_o the_o jew_n to_o read_v the_o holy_a scripture_n public_o in_o their_o synagogue_n but_o interdict_v the_o like_a use_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o second_o edition_n of_o their_o law_n the_o mishna_n as_o neither_o conjoin_v to_o the_o pentateuch_n nor_o deliver_v down_o from_o the_o old_a prophet_n but_o invent_v by_o man_n that_o have_v nothing_o of_o the_o divine_a spirit_n in_o they_o as_o appear_v from_o novel_a 146._o pag._n 295._o but_o since_o neither_o origen_n nor_o epiphanius_n nor_o st._n jerom_n who_o all_o make_v mention_v frequent_o of_o the_o judaic_a tradition_n take_v notice_n of_o any_o such_o book_n as_o the_o mishna_n and_o since_o