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	Essenes Essenes , members of a small Jewish religious order, originating in the 2d cent. BC The chief sources of information about the Essenes are Pliny the Elder, Philo's Quod omnius probus liber, Josephus' Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews, and (possibly) the Dead Sea Scrolls . The sect... Read more
	Flavius Josephus Flavius Josephus , AD 37-c.AD 100, Jewish historian and soldier, b. Jerusalem. Josephus' historical works are among the most valuable sources for the study of early Judaism and early Christianity. Having studied the tenets of the three main sects of Judaism—Essenes, Sadducees, and... Read more
	Therapeutae Therapeutae [Gr.,=worshipers], Jewish monastic order living on the shore of Lake Mareotis, Egypt, about the 1st cent. AD They led an ascetic life devoted to solitary prayer and study of the scriptures, gathering on the sabbath for study and a communal meal. They may have a connection with the... Read more
	Herodians Herodians , Jewish political party of the early 1st cent. AD, related to the dynasty of Herod . Some have supposed that they were largely Sadducees . In the New Testament the Herodians are referred to, with the Pharisees, as being in opposition to Jesus.... Read more
	James Ingo Freed James Ingo Freed James Ingo Freed (born 1930) was an American architect who designed many important structures, including the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. James Ingo Freed was born on June 23, 1930, in Essen, Germany. A Jewish refugee in Nazi Germany, Freed escaped to France in... Read more
	Dead Sea Scrolls Dead Sea Scrolls ancient leather and papyrus scrolls first discovered in 1947 in caves on the NW shore of the Dead Sea. Most of the documents were written or copied between the 1st cent. BC and the first half of the 1st cent. AD Scrolls of the Qumran Caves Three types of documents have been found... Read more
	Essen Essen , city (1994 pop. 622,380), North Rhine-Westphalia, W Germany, on the Ruhr River. The major industrial center of the Ruhr district, it was the seat of the famous Krupp steelworks. Essen is a retail trade center, a rail junction, and a steel and electricity producer. Its diversified... Read more
	monasticism monasticism , form of religious life, usually conducted in a community under a common rule. Monastic life is bound by ascetical practices expressed typically in the vows of celibacy , poverty, and obedience, called the evangelical counsels. Monasticism is traditionally of two kinds: the more usual... Read more
	Ruhrgas AG Ruhrgas AG Huttropstrasse 6045138 EssenGermanyTelephone: (49) 201-184-4464Fax: (49) 201-184-4351Web site: http://www.ruhrgas.de Private CompanyIncorporated: 1926 as AG fü Read more
	Pharisees Pharisees , one of the two great Jewish religious and political parties of the second commonwealth. Their opponents were the Sadducees , and it appears that the Sadducees gave them their name, perushim, Hebrew for "separatists" or "deviants." The Pharisees began their activities during or... Read more

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