The Essene Heritage or The Teacher of the Scrolls and the Gospel Christ

The Essene Heritage or The Teacher of the Scrolls and the Gospel Christ

Analyzes the literature and history of the Essenes, who, the author argues, developed in secrecy the tenets which would later be proclaimed by John the Baptist and Jesus Christ.

Martin A. Larson

New York, Philosophical Library

I. The central religious concepts -- II. The Jewish nation from Babylon to Vespian -- III. The cultic evolution -- IV. The throes of preparation -- V. The coming of age -- VI. The celibate-communist community -- VII. The rigid cult -- VIII. The birth of Christianity -- IX. The Ebionites -- X. Essene Gnosticism -- XI. Comparison and contrast.

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