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 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). 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.
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Essenes, Dead Sea Scrolls and Qumran - HolyLandSite
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Pliny, Josephus & Philo wrote of the Essenes. Linked to Rome, are they trustworthy? - Jeffrey Daugherty
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Sadducees, Pharisees, Zealots and Essenes were 4 different types of Jews - Henry Abramson
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Sicarii Essenes, authors of Dead Sea Scrolls were of an extreme righteous, Apocalyptic mindset, like Muslims - Robert Eisenman
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