Banus (or Bano ) was a teacher of Titus Flavius Josephus , a first-century Romano-Jewish scholar, historian and hagiographer.
4-431: Josephus wrote in his work Vita that Banus " lived in the desert, used no other clothing than grew upon trees, had no other food than what grew of its own accord, and bathed himself in cold water frequently, both by night and by day, in order to preserve his chastity. I imitated him in those things, and continued with him three years. " Josephus then returned to the city at the age of nineteen and began to live according to
8-422: The public domain : Singer, Isidore ; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Banus". The Jewish Encyclopedia . New York: Funk & Wagnalls. This biographical article about a person notable in connection with Judaism is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . The Life of Flavius Josephus The Life of (Flavius) Josephus ( Greek : Ἰωσήπου βίος Iosepou bios ), also called
12-533: The "Life of Flavius Josephus", or simply Vita , is an autobiographical text written by Josephus in approximately 94-99 CE – possibly as an appendix to his Antiquities of the Jews (cf. Life 430) – where the author for the most part re-visits the events of the War, apparently in response to allegations made against him by Justus of Tiberias (cf. Life 336). This article about a nonfiction book on Ancient Rome
16-567: The rules of the Pharisees . William Whiston suggests, in a footnote in his translation of the works of Josephus, that Banus may have been a disciple of John the Baptist and may have influenced Josephus to have a favourable opinion of Jesus . Chajes connects the name "Banus" with the Talmudic "Bannaah". [REDACTED] This article incorporates text from a publication now in
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