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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 consisted of adult males and celibacy was encouraged. The Essenes lived as a highly organized community that held possessions in common. Ceremonial purity entailed scrupulous cleanliness, the wearing of only white garments, and the most strict observance of the Sabbath. The Essenes believed in the... Read more

Essenes
Essenes A group within Palestinian Judaism , existing from the...Josephus and Philo , though not in the NT. Many of the Essenes lived in villages, according to Philo , but most scholars believe that the community at Qumran comprised Essenes or a breakaway Essene group and that the Teacher of Righteousness... Read more

Essenes
Essenes. A Jewish ascetic sect apparently existing from the 2nd cent. BC to the 2nd cent. AD. Their manner of life was highly organized and communistic. Suggestions that figures in the early Church, including Christ Himself, had Essene connections, are unsubstantiated. Many scholars identify the Essenes with the ... Read more

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	Qumran and the Essenes ; Qumran and the Essenes. By Lena Cansdale. Tubingen: J.C.B. Mohr...The final two-thirds of Qumran and the Essenes considers "Qumran and its Surroundings...superficially similar to what is known of the Essenes from classical authors, does not correspond... Read more
	Qumran and the Essenes: A Re-Evaluation of the Evidence ; Qumran and the Essenes: A Re-Evaluation of the Evidence, by...also the connection of Qumran with the Essenes as known from classical ancient sources...its possible relation to contemporary Essenes, Pharisees, Sadducees, Zealots, Samaritans... Read more
	Stringent religious purification practices proved lethal for the Essenes ; ...purification practices proved lethal for the Essenes Byline: JUDY SIEGEL Edition; Daily Section...direct evidence of the presence of the Essenes at Qumran, as described in the Dead Sea...practices and the community's health. The Essenes, a sect devoted to religious purity and... Read more
	A new 'address' for the Essenes ; ...Yizhar Hirschfeld has his way, the ancient Essenes who dwelt on the shores of the Dead Sea...the coast, is the solitary tribe of the Essenes, which is remarkable beyond all the other...trees for company.... "Lying below the Essenes was formerly the town of Engeda, second... Read more
	Jewish Contemporaries of Jesus: Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes ; ...Contemporaries of Jesus: Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes (tr. Allan W Mahnke; Minneapolis: Fortress...their history, in chap. 4 he brings the Essenes into the discussion, primarily on the...coextensive with the high priests, that Essenes held a close tie to the house of Boethus... Read more
	Scrolls' origins at issue; Essenes are doubted as true transcribers.(WORLD) ; ...challenge the traditional view that the Essenes were members of a pious, ascetic sect...Qumran in 1994, have concluded that the Essenes were neither ascetics nor hermits, but...scholar Pere Roland de Vaux, holds that the Essenes, who lived at Qumran 2,000 years ago... Read more
	Beyond the Essene Hypothesis: The Parting of the Ways between Qumran and Enochic Judaism ; ...xv). Part 1 offers a "Historiographical Analysis" of "The Essenes in Ancient Historiography" (ch. 2, pp. 19-49) and reviews the...p. 162). In other words, the Enochians were the (nonQumran) Essenes. Part 3 offers as "Comparative Analysis" the "Conclusion: The... Read more
	Rare Vertical Graves Found in Jerusalem, Perhaps Essene ; A cluster of 49 vertical graves, dug in a special way, has been found in rescue excavations by the Antiquities Authority at Beit Safafa, south of Jerusalem. They raise the possibility that this was a graveyard for the Essene community during the period of the Second Temple. The cemetery spreads Read more
	World of the Essenes.(Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service) ; ...play, the scrolls contain psalms, prayers, poetry and interpretive texts. Scholars generally believe they were written by the Essenes, an insular Hebrew sect. Although Jesus is not mentioned, the texts illuminate the period in which he lived. The story of the... Read more
	TIME IS OF THE ESSENE KEEPING THE COLTS' OFFENSE OFF THE FIELD IS PATRIOTS' BEST DEFENSE. ; PLEASE REFER TO MICROFILM FOR CHART DATA. Read more

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