c. AD 77

J. BJ 2.229

The Wars of the Jews 2.229

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

2.229

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

229Upon this Cumanus sent men to go round about to the neighboring villages, and to bring their inhabitants to him bound, as laying it to their charge that they had not pursued after the thieves, and caught them. Now here it was that a certain soldier, finding the sacred book of the law, tore it to pieces, and threw it into the fire.