Lifestyle and Beliefs
The Jewish War 2.119–151
The Essenes, who are native Jews, are particularly known for their high-minded discipline, and they are a closer-knit community than the others. They reject the pleasures of the flesh as vice, and see virtue in self-control and immunity to the passions. They disdain marriage for themselves, but take in other people’s…
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