The Essenes (/ˈɛsiːnz, ɛˈsiːnz/; Hebrew: אִסִּיִים‎, ʾĪssīyīm; Greek: Ἐσσηνοί, Ἐσσαῖοι, or Ὀσσαῖοι, Essenoi, Essaioi, Ossaioi) or Essenians were a mystic...

philosopher, psychologist and natural living enthusiast. Szekely authored The Essene Gospel of Peace, which he alleged to have translated from an ancient text...

additional added flour; some are made with added gluten; and some, such as Essene bread and Ezekiel bread (after an ancient bread formula found in the Tanakh...

of the late Second Temple period, which most scholars identify with the Essenes; however, other Jewish groups were also suggested. It was occupied most...

scrolls with the Essenes well before any excavations at Qumran. The Qumran–Essene theory holds that the scrolls were written by the Essenes or by another...

Menahem the Essene (Hebrew: מנחם) was a Jewish tanna sage living during the era of the Zugot (lit. "pairs"). As such, he was "paired" with Hillel the Elder...

Eric J. Essene (April 26, 1939, Berkeley, California – May 20, 2011, Ann Arbor, Michigan) was a professor emeritus of geosciences and a metamorphic petrologist...

and the Essenes.: vi, ix  Similar to the Essenes, it is forbidden for a Mandaean to reveal the names of the angels to a gentile.: 94  Essene graves are...

argues that the Teacher of Righteousness was not only the leader of the Essenes at Qumran, but was also considered something of a precursor to Jesus Christ...

contrast to the two other major sects at the time, the Pharisees and the Essenes. Josephus, writing at the end of the 1st century CE, associates the sect...

"Essene Order of Light", a spiritual organization based upon teachings from the Jewish Kabbalah, the Torah, and modern interpretations of the Essenes....

areas—an established Essene lifestyle; The sect's founding date coinciding with that of the Essenes; The angelic theory aligning with Essene beliefs, as well...

12 and 29, Jesus had visited India and Nepal, or had studied with the Essenes in the Judaean Desert. Modern mainstream Christian scholarship has generally...

and the Mandaean Book of John. The only known literary parallels are in Essene texts from Qumran such as the Community Rule, which has similar phrases...

and Jesus were relatives. Some scholars think that John belonged to the Essenes, a semi-ascetic Jewish sect who expected a messiah and practised ritual...

scholars as the "Essenes". Josephus records that Essenes existed in large numbers, and thousands lived throughout Roman Judaea. The Essenes have gained fame...

conspiracy against him (ib. ii. 17, § 9). Some identify him with Menahem the Essene, including Israel Knohl (English edition, 2001), who makes this identification...

Maccabean Revolt Hasmonean dynasty Sanhedrin Schisms (Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, Zealots, Sicarii) Second Temple Judaism (Hellenistic Judaism) Jewish–Roman...

to Moses. The three prominent religious parties were the Pharisees, the Essenes, and the Sadducees. Together these parties represented only a small fraction...

the scholars who worked on the Dead Sea Scrolls, argued in his book The Essene Odyssey that the word "Baphomet" was created with knowledge of the Atbash...

Preceded by Menahem the Essene Av Beit Din 10 BCE – 30 CE Succeeded by Yohanan ben Zakkai...

1st-century Judaism (the first three being the Sadducees, the Pharisees, and the Essenes). Josephus blames this fourth sect for the First Jewish–Roman War of 66–73...

Maccabean Revolt Hasmonean dynasty Sanhedrin Schisms (Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, Zealots, Sicarii) Second Temple Judaism (Hellenistic Judaism) Jewish–Roman...

Maccabean Revolt Hasmonean dynasty Sanhedrin Schisms (Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, Zealots, Sicarii) Second Temple Judaism (Hellenistic Judaism) Jewish–Roman...

mention of Simon the Leper at Bethany in Mark's Gospel suggests that the Essenes, or pious patrons from Jerusalem who held to a closely similar view of...

Maccabean Revolt Hasmonean dynasty Sanhedrin Schisms (Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, Zealots, Sicarii) Second Temple Judaism (Hellenistic Judaism) Jewish–Roman...

year that Jesus died, a solar calendar was also used, for instance by the Essene community at Qumran, which always had the Passover feast begin on a Tuesday...

Maccabean Revolt Hasmonean dynasty Sanhedrin Schisms (Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, Zealots, Sicarii) Second Temple Judaism (Hellenistic Judaism) Jewish–Roman...

Archived from the original on 19 January 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2020 – via Jerusalem's Essene Gateway. Media related to Mount Zion at Wikimedia Commons...

period of the Qumranic experience. The relation between 1 Enoch and the Essenes was noted even before the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls. While there...