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The Essenes (/ˈɛsiːnz, ɛˈsiːnz/; Hebrew: אִסִּיִים, Īssīyīm; Greek: Ἐσσηνοί, Ἐσσαῖοι, or Ὀσσαῖοι, Essenoi, Essaioi, Ossaioi) or Essenians were a mystic Jewish community during the Second Temple period that flourished from the 2nd century BCE to the 1st century CE.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essenes | Dissolved | 1st century CE | 1.00 | infobox |
| Essenes | Founded | 2nd century BCE | 1.00 | infobox |
| Essenes | Headquarters | Qumran (proposed) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Essenes | Historical leader | Teacher of Righteousness | 1.00 | infobox |
| Essenes | Ideology | Asceticism | 1.00 | infobox |
| Essenes | Ideology | Communality | 1.00 | infobox |
| Essenes | Ideology | Daily Ritual Baptism | 1.00 | infobox |
| Essenes | Ideology | Mysticism | 1.00 | infobox |
| Essenes | Ideology | Predestination | 1.00 | infobox |
| Essenes | Religion | Judaism | 1.00 | infobox |
| Essenes | Succeeded by | Mandaeism | 1.00 | infobox |
| the Community Rule | instance of | including writings | 0.80 | text |
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