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The Essenes' (in Modern but not in Ancient Hebrew: ', Isiyim; Greek: Εσσήνοι, Εσσαίοι, or Οσσαίοι; Essēnoi, Essaioi, Ossaioi) were a sect of Second Temple Judaism that flourished from the 2nd century BCE to the 1st century CE which some scholars claim seceded from the Zadokite priests. Being much fewer in number than the Pharisees and the Sadducees (the other two major sects at the time), the Essenes lived in various cities but congregated in communal life dedicated to asceticism, voluntary poverty, daily immersion, and abstinence from worldly pleasures, including (for some groups) celibacy. Many separate but related religious groups of that era shared similar mystic, eschatological, messianic, and ascetic beliefs. These groups are collectively referred to by various scholars as the "Essenes." Josephus records that Essenes existed in large numbers, and thousands lived throughout Roman Judæa.
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- Related: Dead Sea scrolls, Ein Gedi, Jewish eschatology, Qumran, Therapeutae, Vegetarianism and religion, Hellenistic Judaism, Ctistae, Ebionite, Rosicrucianism
| Historical Facts on Essene Culture Historical Facts on Essene Culture keralaarticles.blogspot.com/2007/07/essenes-part-ii.html - Web |
| Encyclopædia Britannica: Essenes Encyclopædia Britannica: Essenes www.1911encyclopedia.org/Essenes - Web |
| Catholic Encyclopedia: Essenes Catholic Encyclopedia: Essenes www.newadvent.org/cathen/05546a.htm - Web |
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| Jewish Encyclopedia: Essenes Jewish Encyclopedia: Essenes jewishencyclopedia.com/.../view.jsp?artid=478&letter=E&search=Essenes - Web |
| Scholar: The Essenes, Dead Sea Scroll 'authors,' n... Scholar: The Essenes, Dead Sea Scroll 'authors,' never existed www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1070797.html - Web |
| Essenes and Others Essenes and Others www.duke.edu/~goranson/Essenes_&_Others.pdf - Web |
| "Jannaeus, His Brother Absalom, and Judah the Esse... "Jannaeus, His Brother Absalom, and Judah the Essene," www.duke.edu/~goranson/jannaeus.pdf - Web |
| The Digital Dead Sea Scrolls/ Essenes The Digital Dead Sea Scrolls/ Essenes dss.collections.imj.org.il/community - Web |
