tradition
Essenes
The Second Temple Jewish sect described as communal and rigorist beside Pharisees and Sadducees. Not Pharisees as the oral-law party alone, and not Sadducees as the Temple elite alone.
Also known as Essene
tradition
The Second Temple Jewish sect described as communal and rigorist beside Pharisees and Sadducees. Not Pharisees as the oral-law party alone, and not Sadducees as the Temple elite alone.
Also known as Essene