- Essenes - Wikipedia
The Essenes ( ˈɛsiːnz, ɛˈsiːnz ; Hebrew: אִסִּיִים , ʾĪssīyīm; Greek: Ἐσσηνοί, Ἐσσαῖοι, or Ὀσσαῖοι, Essenoi, Essaioi, Ossaioi) or Essenians were a mystic Jewish community during the Second Temple period that flourished from the 2nd century BCE to the 1st century CE [2]
- Who Are the Essenes? - Bible Study
The Essenes were a New Testament religious sect that existed from the second century B C to the first century A D Of the three main religious groups mentioned by Josephus (a well known first century Jewish historian), they are the only ones not found directly in Scripture
- Essene | Dead Sea Scrolls, Qumran, Judaism | Britannica
Essene, member of a religious sect or brotherhood that flourished in Palestine from about the 2nd century bc to the end of the 1st century ad
- Essenes - World History Encyclopedia
The Essenes were a Jewish sect that emerged in the 2nd century BCE and established the community at Qumran They emphasized ritual purity, copied books of the Jewish Scriptures, and wrote commentaries on the Books of the Prophets
- Who were the Essenes? Was John the Baptist an Essene . . .
The Essenes were a Jewish mystical sect somewhat resembling the Pharisees They lived lives of ritual purity and separation They originated about 100 B C , and disappeared from history after the destruction of Jerusalem in A D 70
- The Essenes: The Mystery Holy Men Behind the Dead Sea Scrolls?
Some information on the enigmatic Jewish sect known as the Essenes came to light with the Dead Sea Scrolls, but much of their story is still a mystery
- Who Were the Essenes? Bible Facts and Meaning - Christianity
An almost forgotten Jewish sect until the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the 1940s -50s, the Essenes were a small, separatist group that grew out of the conflicts of the Maccabean age Here's what we know about them from the Bible
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