ESSENES

(See also Dead Sea Scrolls)

beliefs: w78 3/1 32; ad 186; w68 128; w66 533; w60 206; w59 243-246; g59 11/8 6-7; w53 522-523

Dead Sea Scrolls: w85 12/15 26; w60 206; w59 243-244; g59 11/8 6-8; w53 521

different from Christians: w78 3/1 32; w59 244-246; g59 11/8 6-8

discussion: w59 243-247; g59 11/8 6-8; w53 521-524

Gospel of the Holy Twelve: w54 427

membership: w53 521-522

military aspirations of: g59 11/8 7-8

monastic: w60 206; w59 243-244, 246; w53 521, 550