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. |
An Essene, but one that was seldom in the cenoby, more often to be met on the hills with his flocks. |
If a man be dying the Essene, by his rule, must succour him, Paul said. |
The first Lon event in Belgium that took place on September 21st 1999 at Essene was a big success. |
It seems, for example, that the pre-Christian Essene communities were based on Ashram traditions and principles. |
In the Essene monasteries, as in the Buddhist, there was no life vow. |