10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ESSENIAN»
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Essenian in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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One of the most prominent features of the Essenian way of life was their
scrupulous attention to Levitical laws of cleanliness. Various forms of ritual
ablutions were prescribed. Cleansing of the body was taken as symbolical of an
inner ...
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The Expanded Text of Ecclesiasticus: Its Teaching on the ...
But there are some who still regard both 1 Enoch and Ass Mos as Essenian
productions; and to these, reputable writers add also ]ubilees, Testaments XII
Patriarchs, and Testament of]ob.5 A recent re-statement of the case for the
Essenian ...
Conleth Kearns, Pancratius C. Beentjes, 2011
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Voltaire: Political Writings
I'm an Essenian; I've taken a vow never to marry; it's the law that vows must be
obeyed; let the Jewish race come to an end if it must, but I'll certainly not marry
your sister, pretty as she is.' 'My two eunuchs can't give her any children',
answered ...
Voltaire, David Williams, 1994
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A philosophical dictionary, from the Fr. [by J.G. Gurton].
cocoas, pine-apples, and oysters, I consider the case to be very allowable. The
Jew accordingly married his sister, and had a daughter by her, notwithstanding
all the protestations of the Essenian; and this was the only offspring of a marriage
...
5
The Unseen World and Other Essays
Nevertheless, though wecannot regard Jesus as actually a member of the
Essenian communityor sect, we canhardly avoidthe conclusion that he,aswell as
John the Baptist, had been at some time strongly influencedby Essenian
doctrines.
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The history of Christianity ... to the abolition of paganism ...
But among the most marked peculiarities of the Essenian fraternity was their
aversion to marriage. Though some of the less rigid of their communities
submitted to this inevitable evil, yet those who were of higher pretensions, and
doubtless of ...
Essenian in their renunciation ofmoney, in frugality ofliving, their combining of
plain living and high thinking, their mysticism, their interest in hymns and hymn
plain living and high thinking, their mysticism, their interest in hymns and hymn
plain ...
8
Josephus And Jewish History in Flavian Rome And Beyond
SOME OBSERVATIONS ON JOSEPHUS' DESCRIPTION OF THE ESSENIAN
MORNING PRAYER Niclas Förster Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen This
paper examines the ideal of the praying community. I would like to show that this
ideal ...
Joseph Sievers, Gaia Lembi, 2005
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Salvation and Atonement in the Qumran Scrolls
... Words of the Heavenly Lights".2 Baillet dates the manuscript palaeographically
from the middle of the second century B.C. and judges it to be pre-Essenian
because of the complete absence of the characteristic theology of the Community
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Panther was an Essenian leader. The system of Carpocrates taught that Jesus
derived the Mysteries of his religion from the temple of Isis in Egypt, where he
had studied for six years, and that he taught them to his Apostles, who transmitted
...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ESSENIAN»
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Essenian is used in the context of the following news items.
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Last week, well-known healer Franky Pons came to the United States for the first time to present his workshop, "Art of Essenian Healing" in Alto. «Ruidoso News, Jun 15»
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Born with the less colorful moniker of Ian Edwards, he converted to the Essenian religion around 1997 and was given the title Lord Sky Dancer ... «New York Daily News, Jan 08»
