An Essenian conception of Halakha according to Josephus and the enigmatic silence of rabbinic literature regarding Talmudic law

In this article, our purpose is to explain the absence of Josephus from the Talmudic literature. In these texts there is no positive or negative, or j ust informative mention about the Jewish historian. This enigmatic silence raises many questions. Except the accusation of high treason against the Je wish nation, it seems that other reasons evicted him from the collective me mory of the Jewish people. To our mind, Josephus applies in some legislativ e fields, an Essenian conception of the Halakha. It is then comprehensible that in the days following the Great Revolt, when the Pharisees concentrate the Halakha around a traditional pharisaic conception of the law, Josephus does not find a place.