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Subject: Re: orion-list Re: Definition of Essenes
Greg,
Very good. Can you say something about these Essenes
of your definition that goes beyond tautology ('Essenes
Dear George,
things seem to be extremely complicated concerning the distinction between
the three groups
(maybe four? maybe dozens, to speak with
Johanan ben Zakai, who attributes the fall of Jerusalem to sectarian
divisions).
Communal life for instance
is characteristic not only for the
As a follow-up to my last posting, I did some research on-line and found
a translation of John Cassian (http://www.osb.org/lectio/cassian/index.html).
Much of the Institutes is obviously based on Philo's Therapeutae, but there
is no mention of Rechabites, and Cassian only (incorrectly)
