The Essenes.
AnswerThe Essenes were an ascetic sect that appears to have had a community at Qumran, near the Dead Sea, and produced the documents now known as the Dead Sea Scrolls.There are suggestions that, because of his own acetic life style, John the Baptist may have been an Essene, but there is no real evidence of any link between him and the Essenes.
Qumran is an archaeological site in the West Bank.
Spartacus was not the founder of Christianity. He lived and acted a hundred years before Christianity became a sect. Christianity was founded by the disciples of Jesus Christ.Spartacus was not the founder of Christianity. He lived and acted a hundred years before Christianity became a sect. Christianity was founded by the disciples of Jesus Christ.Spartacus was not the founder of Christianity. He lived and acted a hundred years before Christianity became a sect. Christianity was founded by the disciples of Jesus Christ.Spartacus was not the founder of Christianity. He lived and acted a hundred years before Christianity became a sect. Christianity was founded by the disciples of Jesus Christ.Spartacus was not the founder of Christianity. He lived and acted a hundred years before Christianity became a sect. Christianity was founded by the disciples of Jesus Christ.Spartacus was not the founder of Christianity. He lived and acted a hundred years before Christianity became a sect. Christianity was founded by the disciples of Jesus Christ.Spartacus was not the founder of Christianity. He lived and acted a hundred years before Christianity became a sect. Christianity was founded by the disciples of Jesus Christ.Spartacus was not the founder of Christianity. He lived and acted a hundred years before Christianity became a sect. Christianity was founded by the disciples of Jesus Christ.Spartacus was not the founder of Christianity. He lived and acted a hundred years before Christianity became a sect. Christianity was founded by the disciples of Jesus Christ.
The three languages found in the Qumran texts are Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek. These languages were commonly used in the region during the time of the Qumran community.
There is no evidence in Scripture or any outside sources that Jesus visited or spent time at the Qumran community.
Hans Maass has written: 'Qumran' -- subject(s): Dead Sea scrolls, Qumran community
Lena Cansdale has written: 'Qumran and the Essenes' -- subject(s): Dead Sea scrolls, Essenes, Qumran community
There is not enough evidence from the New Testament to determine what sect Barrabas belonged to (and he is not discussed in other contemporary sources). As a result, it would be most likely that, if he lived, he was a Pharisee, since most Jews at that time were Pharisees.
Edmund F. Sutcliffe has written: 'The monks of Qumran as depicted in the Dead Sea scrolls' -- subject(s): Qumran community
the dead sea is in the city of Qumran.
Question Queens Queer Qumran
Based on the Gospel description of his dress and diet, some think that John was an Essene. The Mandaeans, a small sect of which only about 20,000 followers remain in southern Iraq and in a worldwide diaspora, claim John the Baptist as one of their own, saying that he founded their religion. They believe that Jesus was originally a disciple of John the Baptist.