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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 The Essenes (/ˈɛsiːnz, ɛˈsiːnz/; Hebrew: אִסִּיִים, Īssīyīm; Greek: Ἐσσηνοί, Ἐσσαῖοι, or Ὀσσαῖοι, Essenoi, Essaioi, Ossaioi) or Essenians were a mystic Jewish community during the Second Temple period that flourished from the 2nd century BCE to the 1st century CE.

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