and whats happened to them.
2006-06-12 01:51:10 · 6 answers · asked by tom tom 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Jesus seems to be most closely allied in his thinking with the Pharisees, actually, even though he is portrayed as something of a critic of some of their piety.
The essenes were an inwardly focused sect, intent on separating themselves from the world. Both of the two Essene sects (Osseans and the Nazareans) also had a great deal of animosity towards the book of Moses.
While Jesus was critical of the way leading pharisees interpreted the books of Moses, this was because he offered a different interpretation, not because he rejected them. Indeed, he is portrayed as reading them in the synagogue.
This, combined with the outward focus of Jesus - going out into the world and healing, discipling, etc - makes it fairly clear he was never really allied with the Essenes. The Essenes, for instance, forbade sacrifice, but Jesus tells one healed man to go and give thanks according to the books of Moses (which involved an offering of two birds.)
Jesus may have been somewhat influenced by the Essenes - he commends celibacy for those who can bear it, for instance. But he really seems most closely allied with the Pharisees.
2006-06-12 02:23:05 · answer #1 · answered by evolver 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Essene and yes, most likely this is the Jewish Sect he was closest too. Also, some research shows that calling him a Nazarene was the Sect within the Essene Sect that he was from. Not that he was from Nazareth at all (as that city isn't on any of the maps during that time nor for 100 yrs after his death). A Nazarene was one who was "chosen by God" to be a prophet, or a king, etc...
Well, it seems the Essene Sect died out... One of the reasons that I can see is the fact that there were no women in the sect at all... and an Essene could not get married, they lived outside of cities, in the rocks.
2006-06-12 12:35:28 · answer #2 · answered by Kithy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that he was. Essens were a Jewish mystical cult. The miracles and teachings of Jesus especially in the gnostic gospels lead me to believe this. They went undercover or were destroyed as heretics.
2006-06-12 09:01:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The absolute, unvarnished truth is that Jesus the Christ is a myth.
2006-06-12 08:56:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i heard he was but i heard it from other essenes so its kind of biased
2006-06-12 08:59:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
WOT DO YOU YOU MEAN BY ESSENIAN ?COULD YOU BREAK DA ENGLISH DOWN A LIL' BIT.
2006-06-12 08:56:36 · answer #6 · answered by amariee4u 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋