pa edic ▁work ▁entitled ▁K esto i ▁( Κ έ σ τ ο ι ▁" Em b roid ered "), ▁tre ating ▁of ▁agricult ure , ▁natural ▁history , ▁military ▁science , ▁etc ., ▁has ▁been ▁disput ed ▁on ▁account ▁of ▁its ▁sec ular ▁and ▁often ▁cred ul ous ▁character . ▁August ▁Ne ander ▁suggested ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁written ▁by ▁African us ▁before ▁he ▁had ▁devoted ▁himself ▁to ▁religious ▁subjects . ▁A ▁fragment ▁of ▁the ▁K esto i ▁was ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁O xy rh yn chus ▁pap y ri . ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁New ▁Sch aff - Her z og ▁Encyclopedia ▁of ▁Relig ious ▁Know ledge , ▁the ▁K esto i ▁" app ears ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁intended ▁as ▁a ▁sort ▁of ▁en cyc lopedia ▁of ▁the ▁material ▁sciences ▁with ▁the ▁cogn ate ▁mathematical ▁and ▁technical ▁branches , ▁but ▁to ▁have ▁contained ▁a ▁large ▁proportion ▁of ▁merely ▁curious , ▁trif ling , ▁or ▁mi rac ul ous ▁matters , ▁on ▁which ▁account ▁the ▁author ship ▁of ▁Julius ▁has ▁been ▁question ed . ▁Among ▁the ▁parts ▁published ▁are ▁sections ▁on ▁agricult ure , ▁lit urg i ology , ▁tact ics , ▁and ▁medicine ▁( including ▁veter inary ▁pract ise ). " ▁ ▁Pro ph etic ▁ex eg esis ▁Only ▁fragments ▁of ▁his ▁religious ▁writ ings ▁have ▁been ▁preserved . ▁ ▁One ▁fragment ▁de als ▁with ▁es chat ology . ▁ ▁Prop he cy ▁of ▁Daniel ▁ 8 ▁ ▁After ▁referring ▁to ▁the ▁standard ▁interpretation ▁of ▁the ▁' ram ' ▁and ▁the ▁' he