RELIGIONS
JUDAISM
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Question
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The existence of the Essene community was revealed in modern times through the discovery of
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the Jerusalem Temple
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the Dome of the Rock
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the Dead Sea Scrolls
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Mount Sinai
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Qumran, the guides say, was home to a community of Jewish ascetics called the Essenes, who devoted their lives to writing and preserving sacred texts. They were hard at work by the time Jesus began preaching; ultimately they stored the scrolls in 11 caves before Romans destroyed their settlement in A.D. 68.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Essenes were a sect of Judaism in the Roman province of Palestine from the 2nd century BCE until the first century CE. They lived largely outside of the rest of society in the settlement of Qumran.
Detailed explanation-3: -Essene, member of a religious sect or brotherhood that flourished in Palestine from about the 2nd century bc to the end of the 1st century ad.
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