Note 475 — Chapter V · PRE-CHRISTIAN GNOSTICS: THE ESSENES
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Philo Judaeus, Quod Omnis Probus Liber, c. XII.; id. Apologia in Eusebius, Praep. Evang. Bk VIII. c. 13. The authenticity of both works has been attacked (for the controversy v. Morrison, op. cit. p. 347, n. 2) with some success. While therefore there can be no doubt that they are from the pen of some of Philo’s school, it is not impossible that they may be later than Josephus and have copied his statements.