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The Essenes were an ascetic community of men who were noted for their strict discipline, isolating themselves away from others. They expected the world to end shortly and headed off to live in the desert by the Dead Sea to escape the depravity and corruption of city life, and preparing for the End of Days. Additionally, it was easier to avoid persecution by leaving society behind.
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∙ 8y agoGiven their avoidance of such things as women and business, they wanted a hermit-type existence.
The Essenes were a small sect in Judea who eventually disappeared from the Jewish community. They styled themselves "observant; pious ones." The normative, majority Jewish community viewed them as breakaways from the common stream of Jewish tradition, because of their non-traditional beliefs and practices.
Their beliefs included an excessive amount of dabbling with the names of angels, messianic fervor, gnosticism and eschatological speculation; and their practices were more like Christian monasticism than the generally accepted Jewish way of living.
The practices of the Essenes included vegetarianism, dwelling in isolated groups, communal ownership, monastic asceticism and avoidance of money, commerce and private property; and (among some of them) celibacy. Also, they had some forms of non-traditional observances (such as round phylacteries [tefillin]). Some researchers identify the Essenes as a form of early Christianity, taking also into account the fact that early Christianity was far from uniform and was, for a time, thought of by some as a kind of modified Judaism.
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∙ 16y agopossibly the Negev desert.
Answer: The Judean desert.
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∙ 6y agoMany lived in the Judean desert, but not all of them.
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What was the essenes response toward the Romans?
There is no rerecord of the Romans treating the Essenes differently form the other Jews.
How long did the Cahuilla live?
In the desert Mojave Desert
What role did the Essenes play?
Fragrance
What desert do the Cahuilla live in?
The Cahuilla tribe inhabited parts of the Mojave Desert in Southern California.
Where do southwest Indians live in?
Southwest Indians live in southwest desert cultural region.
Who lived in the desert praying for God?
Essenes
What group of Jews lived in the desert praying for god to deliver them from the Romans?
The Essenes :) got it right on a test
Who were people who went to the desert seeking a pure life?
The people who went to the desert to seek new life is the Essenes.
When did Saint John the Baptist get stuck in the desert?
When his mother, St. Elisabeth, gave him over to the Essenes to raise him.
Do desert-dwellers live in the desert?
Yes, desert dwellers live in a desert.
In what desert do you live?
I live in the Chihuahuan Desert.
Do meerkats live in the Sahara desert?
No they cannot. They depend on the desert to live.
Who are the essenes clan?
Essenes are not mentioned in the New Testament. We know of them from Josephus, Philo and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Apparently, the people of the Scrolls were closely related to the Essenes. They were an ascetic group, many of whom lived in the desert region of Qumran, near the Dead Sea. They took vows of celibacy and perpetuated their community by adopting male children. Some did marry. When one joined the Essenes, he gave all his possession to the community. They devoted themselves to the study of the law and went beyond the Pharisees in their rigid understanding of it.
Do people live in desert biomes?
Yes, I live in the desert biome. I live in the Chihuahuan Desert.
Do leapords live in the desert?
no leopards do not live in the desert
Do javelina live in the Sonoran Desert?
Yes, javelina live in the Sonoran Desert. They also live in the Chihuahuan Desert
Where do camels live in the desert?
camles can live in Egypt and/or in the Sahara desert
