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What was the Jewish monastic community that may have strongly influenced John the Baptist and Jesus?
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We know very little of what John taught, but this seems to have been in line with mainstream Jewish teaching, not just that of the Essenes. Herod Antipas decided to have John executed, lest he stir up a rebellion (Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, Book 18) after he publicly criticised Herod's marriage in 34 CE to Herodias, because she had previously been married to his own brother. The gospels describe him as baptising for the forgiveness of sins, whereas Josephus, in his own account written without apparent knowledge of the Christian gospels, quite clearly says that he did not baptise for the remission of sins. While the Essenes had elaborate washing rituals, these were distinct from John's baptism in either the gospels or the historical account.
We have much more detailed reporting about what Jesus taught, and scholars have researched this extensively. Of course the major influence was the mainstream Jewish teachings of his time. The other major influence in the teachings of Jesus seems to have been the Greek philosophers, rather than the Essenes. Much of what he taught would have been at home in the Greek milieu where the gospels were eventually written.
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What was the Jewish monastic community that may have strongly influenced John the Baptist?
A:Some believe that John the Baptist might have been influenced by the Essene community at Qumran, near the Dead Sea. However, we know very little of what John taught, so this can never be more than speculation.John the Baptist appears to have been extremely popular amongst the Jews, so much so that Herod Antipas decided to have him executed, lest he stir up a rebellion (Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, Book 18). One of the few things we know about John is that he publicly criticised Herod's marriage in 34 CE to Herodias, because she had previously been married to his own brother, but this was in line with mainstream Jewish teaching, not just that of the Essenes.
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