Disambiguation evidence for Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes via surface form

"Essenes"


As subject (20)

Triples where this entity appears as subject under the label "Essenes".

Predicate Object
attitudeTowardTemple critical of Jerusalem Temple leadership
beliefAboutResurrection affirmed resurrection or postmortem reward and punishment
eschatology held apocalyptic expectations of end-time conflict
fateAfter70CE disappeared as distinct group after First Jewish–Roman War
geographicLocation Judea
historicalPeriod Second Temple Judaism
surface form: Second Temple period
instanceOf Jewish religious sect
languageContext used Hebrew and Aramaic
politicalRole largely withdrawn from mainstream political life
possibleAssociation Qumran
surface form: Qumran community
practice communal living in some groups
practice frequent ritual washings
practice ritual purity observances
practice strict Sabbath observance
primarySources Flavius Josephus
surface form: Josephus
primarySources Philo of Alexandria
religion Judaism
socialBase separatist communities
viewOfFateAndFreeWill emphasized divine predestination
viewOfLaw observed strict, often sectarian interpretation of Torah