Note 342 — VIII. THE JEWISH SECTS
H. St. J. (Henry St. John) Thackeray translation
On this paragraph see Lightfoot, Colossians, 8 p. 89 f. note. Lightfoot, connecting the passage with Ant. VIII. 2. 5, § (6) above, regards the “writings” as Solomonian books and the Essenes as primarily dealers in charms, rather than physicians.