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Essene Theology

  • Basically Jewish:
  • Absolute belief in God
  • Moses as lawgiver
  • Devotion to Scripture
  • Sabbath observance (Stricter than Pharisees)
  • Similar priesthood
  • a highly dualistic view of the world ( divided between good and evil, light and darkness)
  • looked for an imminent divine judgment of the wicked.

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