Essenes

Jewish sect during the Second Temple period Essenes, Essenians אִסִּיִיםHistorical leader Teacher of Righteousness Founded2nd century BCEDissolved1st century CESucceeded byMandaeismHeadquartersQumran (proposed)Ideology Asceticism Communality Daily Ritual Baptism Mysticism Predestination ReligionJudaism Part of a series onJews Etymology Who is a Jew? Jewish studies History General Timeline Index Land of Israel Name "Judea" Historical population History of Israel Modern historiography Leaders Antisemitism Anti-Judaism Persecution Ancient Israel and Judah Twelve Tribes of Israel Israelites Kingdom of Judah Kingdom of Israel Jerusalem (in Judaism timeline) Temple in Jerusalem (First Second) Assyrian captivity Babylonian captivity Second Temple period Yehud Maccabean Revolt Hasmonean dynasty Sanhedrin Schisms (Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, Zealots, Sicarii) Second Temple Judaism (Hellenistic Judaism) Jewish–Roman wars Great Revolt Provisional government Diaspora Revolt Bar Kokhba Revolt Rabbinic period and Middle Ages Rabbinic Judaism History of the Jews in the Byzantine Empire Christianity and Judaism (Jews and Christmas) Hinduism and Judaism Islamic–Jewish relations Midd