Nazarenes

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The Nazarenes were an early Jewish-Christian sect that followed Jesus while maintaining adherence to Jewish law and customs.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Ebionites 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish-Christian sect
early Christian group
adheresTo Jewish law
Sabbath observance
Torah observance
circumcision
kosher dietary laws
believesIn Jesus as the Messiah
resurrection of Jesus
category Christian groups of Jewish origin
Early Christian sect
Jewish Christianity NERFINISHED
christology Jewish-Christian christology
describedAs sect of the Nazarenes
describedIn Acts of the Apostles NERFINISHED
distinguishedFrom Ebionites (in some patristic accounts) NERFINISHED
mainstream Gentile Christianity
ethnicComposition Jewish
follows Jesus of Nazareth NERFINISHED
geographicOrigin Galilee NERFINISHED
Judea NERFINISHED
historicalStatus now extinct religious group
influenced later Jewish-Christian movements
influencedBy Second Temple Judaism NERFINISHED
languageUsed Aramaic
Hebrew
mentionedBy Epiphanius of Salamis NERFINISHED
Jerome NERFINISHED
nameDerivedFrom Jesus the Nazarene NERFINISHED
nameInGreek Nazoraioi NERFINISHED
nameInHebrew Notzrim NERFINISHED
regardedAs minim (heretics) in some rabbinic sources
regardedBy Rabbinic Judaism NERFINISHED
regionOfActivity Palestine NERFINISHED
Syria NERFINISHED
Transjordan NERFINISHED
relatedTo Ebionites NERFINISHED
Jerusalem church NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Christianity
Judaism
scripturalCanon Gospel of Matthew NERFINISHED
Hebrew Bible NERFINISHED
timePeriod 1st century CE
2nd century CE
viewOnGentiles distinct from Gentile Christians
viewOnLaw continued obligation of Mosaic Law for Jews
viewOnPaul critical or reserved attitude toward Paul (in some reconstructions)
viewOnScripture accepted Hebrew text rather than Septuagint (per some patristic reports)

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GospelOfHebrews associatedCommunityHypothesis Nazarenes
this entity surface form: Ebionites