Of the seven million or so voting-age Jews in the United States, about 239,000 voted, a 93% increase over the last election ...

During his lifetime, Josephus tells us, the three principal sects of the Jews were the Pharisees, the Sadducees, and the Essenes. He himself, by the age of nineteen, had, he says, been through all ...

The Pharisees emphasized tradition, the Sadducees downplayed spiritual matters, and the Zealots believed armed revolt was the only path to freedom. Roman historians like Tacitus confirmed Judea’s ...

Ficino wanted to inspire his generation to rekindle the combined practice of philosophy and theology: Therefore, the prophets of the Hebrew and Essenes were inclined to wisdom and priesthood ...

5:43). This was true of the Essenes, but not of the Pharisees. 4. “Both teachers founded a church—but only Jesus built a church which the powers of death could not overcome.” After the ...

Arizona is the only place in the United States where the centuries-old Yaqui religious ceremonies of Easter can be seen. Ceremonies that begin with the seven weeks of Lent, incorporate ancient ...

Wayne also exposed the deception behind mystical groups like the Essenes, who many assume were righteous. “They say that the true religion was the religion of Egypt that Moses brought with him,” he ...

The Essenes were an ancient Jewish sect in existence from 150 B.C.E. to 70 C.E. They identified personal relationships according to seven categories called mirrors. Collectively, ...

Another Jewish sect called the Essenes, not mentioned in Scripture, were committed to ritual purity, simple living, non-violence and celibacy. Some scholars claim that John the Baptist was an Essene ...