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Essene

Essene

5 9.9
A person from an ancient Jewish group that lived simply and shared things
  • noun
  • /ˈɛsiːn/
: eseno
  • The Essene sect practiced strict rituals and communal living in ancient times.
  • Essene community
  • Essene Hypothesis
  • Essene theory

So the Dead Sea Scrolls really brought the Essenes back to the mainstream awareness.

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Examples

  • I suspect, however, that the theory of Qumran as an Essene "monastery" still has much to be said for it.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Is the group that wrote the scrolls the one known to us in classical sources by the name "Essene"?

    Blog text (3)

  • And this evidence, in its turn, serves to confirm that the community was Essene in character.

    Academic text (1998)

  • It is a sign of the Essene, my people.

    Barabbas (2012)

  • So the Dead Sea Scrolls really brought the Essenes back to the mainstream awareness.

    André Duqum

  • And we know that Damascus was actually a a code word used by the Essenes for their basin Qumran.

    Danny Jones

  • I think it likely that scores of "Essenes" and "Essene types" or sympathizers were drawn to John the Baptizer, Jesus, and James.

    Blog text (3)

  • The Jews took great care to accurately copy Old Testament Scriptures, as these examples preserved by the Essene sect demonstrate.

    Blog text (15)

  • The overarching hypothesis from which both conjectures follow is that the site of Qumran was a center of an Essene community and that the Essenes wrote the scrolls.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Many historians agree that early Christian beliefs were influenced by the teachings of the Essenes.

Surface Forms

Essene singular
Essenes plural

Etymology

Essene probably comes from a Hebrew or Aramaic word like Hasidim meaning 'pious' or 'holy', so an Essene was one of 'the pious ones' who lived simply and followed strict religious rules.