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The Essenes

their history and doctrines. An essay

Also known as The Essenes: their history and doctrines. An essay

by Christian D. Ginsburg & Christian Christian David Ginsburg

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  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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INDEX Essenes, their cardinal doctrines and practices 6 observance of Sabbath 10 sections and orders 11 origin of the sect 14 parallelism with Pythagorism 15 date of 25 derivation of name 27 Philo's description of 31 Pliny's ditto 40 Josephus' ditto 49 Solinus' ditto 53 Porphyry's ditto 54 Epiphanius' ditto 56 Modem literature on the 59 De Rossi 59 Dr. Thomas Godwyn 62 Theophilus Gale 64 Dean Prideaux 65 Basnage 66 Dr. Jennings 66 Bellermann 67 Neander 67 Rappaport 68 Gfrorer 70 Dahne 71 Frankel 72 Hall 74 Ewald 75 Graetz 70 Jost 78 Herzfeld 78 Hilgenfeld 80 Westcott 80 Milman 81 Hirschfeld 81 Digitized by Google. "Reprinted from the Transactions of the Literary and philosophical society of Liverpool."

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  • Kabbalah and Jewish esotericism

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their history and doctrines. An essay

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1864London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green; Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and GreenEnglish—Public

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