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noun - a member of an ascetic Jewish sect around the time of Jesus
ESSENES - 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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| The remains of a large community believed to be of this sect are at Qumran on the shore of the Dead Sea |
| This sect associated with the Dead Sea Scrolls numbered about 4,000 -- not for long, due to their celibacy |
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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). Some scholars claim they seceded from the Zadokite priests.Many separate but related Judaic groups of that era shared similar mystic, eschatological, messianic, and ascetic beliefs. These groups are often collectively referred to by various scholars as the "Essenes".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 Sc |