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The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

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oyer matter, <strong>the</strong> power <strong>of</strong> miraculous cores. That<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir purifications, strictest Sabbath observance,<br />

<strong>and</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r practices, would form points <strong>of</strong> contact<br />

with Pharisaism, follows as a matter <strong>of</strong> course;<br />

<strong>and</strong> a little reflection will show, that such<br />

observances would naturally be adopted by <strong>the</strong><br />

Essenes, since <strong>the</strong>y were within <strong>the</strong> lines <strong>of</strong><br />

Judaism, although separatists from its body<br />

ecclesiastic. On <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r h<strong>and</strong>, tibeir fundamental<br />

tendency was quite o<strong>the</strong>r than that <strong>of</strong> Pharisaism,<br />

<strong>and</strong> strongly tinged with Eastern (Parsee)<br />

elements. Afler this <strong>the</strong> inquiry as to <strong>the</strong> precise<br />

date <strong>of</strong> its origin, <strong>and</strong> whe<strong>the</strong>r Essenism was an<br />

<strong>of</strong>fshoot from <strong>the</strong> original (ancient) Assideans or<br />

Ghasidimy seems needless. Certain it is that we<br />

find its first mention about 150 B.C.,* <strong>and</strong> that we<br />

meet <strong>the</strong> first Essene in <strong>the</strong> reign <strong>of</strong> Aiistobulus I.^

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