WebbThe term Essenes refers to one of the three or four Jewish groups mentioned by Flavius Josephus ( Bell. II 119–166; Ant. XIII 171–173; XV 371f.; XVIII 11–25) that have been known since antiquity through the reports of Philo of Alexandria ( Prob. 72–91; Apology in Eusebius of Caesarea Praep. 8.11.1–18), Pliny the Elder ( Naturalis ... WebbEssenes are θεραπευταΐ θεού, rather than "healers". If, in fact, Philo found the Therapeutae and Essenes similar on the basis of healing, he surely could have made it more obvious. Among the descriptions of Essenes in Josephus, a form of the word for therapy in the sense of healing does occur one time. (20) It appears in his

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WebbThe Therapeutae were a distinct branch of the Essenes. Jahn has thus described the difference between them: The principal ground of difference between the Essenes or Essaei, and Therapeutae consisted in this; the former were Jews, who spoke the Aramean; the latter were Greek Jews, as the names themselves intimate, namely, אסיא and … http://yahadblogs.org/EARTH/docs/Philo-on-Essenes-and-Therapeutae.pdf small people png

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Webb7 juli 2016 · Almost from the outset of the Reformation, the Essenes and therapeutae formed a key part of the defence of Catholic tradition, ostensibly clear evidence that monasticism had originated, not in the Middle Ages, but in the time of Christ. In 1530, the Leuven theologian Jacobus Latomus advanced Philo’s therapeutae in defence of … http://www.thenazareneway.com/therapeutae.html http://www.thenazareneway.com/therapeutae_jesus.html highlight whole row when selecting cell excel