| The author says that all this is pure nihilism, and Essene communism. |
| In post-biblical times, some members of the Essene sect, according to the historian Josephus, rejected marriage, and the medieval Talmudic scholar Ben Azzai remained celibate. |
| It seems, for example, that the pre-Christian Essene communities were based on Ashram traditions and principles. |
| I am Enoch the Essene, a holy one, a perfect keeper of the law. |
| And of course the man carrying the pitcher may have been a member of the Essene faction, whose men eschewed marriage and carried their own water. |
| If a man be dying the Essene, by his rule, must succour him, Paul said. |
