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noun - a member of an ascetic Jewish sect around the time of Jesus
adj - said of or relating to the Essenes
ESSENE - The Essenes (; Modern Hebrew: , Isiyim; Greek: , , or , Essenoi, Essaioi, Ossaioi) were a sect of Second Temple Judaism which flourished from the 2n...
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| A member of an ancient Jewish ascetic sect of the period from the 2nd century BC to the 2nd century AD in Palestine, who lived in highly organized groups and held property in common. The Essenes are widely regarded as the authors of the Dead Sea Scrolls. |
| a member of an ascetic Jewish sect around the time of Jesus |
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The Essenes (; Modern Hebrew: , Isiyim; Greek: , , or , Essenoi, Essaioi, Ossaioi) were a sect of Second Temple Judaism which flourished from the 2nd century BC to the 1st century AD. * The Jewish historian Josephus records that Essenes existed in large numbers, and thousands lived throughout Roman Judaea, but they were 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 voluntary poverty, daily immersion, and asceticism (their priestly class practiced celibacy). Most scholars claim they seceded from the Zadokite priests.The Essenes have gained fame in modern times as a result of the discovery of an extensive group of religious documents known as the Dead Sea Scrolls, which are commonly believed to be the Essenes' library. These documents preserve multiple copies of parts of the Hebrew Bible untouched from possibly as early as 300 BC until their discovery in 1946. M |