Essenes

In the Urantia Book

Essenes were a mystic Jewish sect during the Second Temple period, originating during the Maccabean revolt

• they held possessions in common, something also made by Jesus' apostles 165:4.5
• their requirements were in some respects more exacting than those of the Pharisees. They had adopted many Persian beliefs and practices, lived as a brotherhood in monasteries, refrained from marriage, and had all things in common. They specialized in teachings about angels. 137:7.8
• many of the Essenes tolerated the theory of reincarnation, that men may reap in one incarnation what they have sown in a previous existence 164:3.4

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Bible parallels

Passages that the paragraphs cited above parallel, quote or reinterpret, from Duane Faw’s Paramony cross-references. Hover a reference to read it.

• Danger of riches 165:4.5 — Mt 19:23-24; Mk 10:23-25; Lk 18:24-25.
• Treasure in heaven 165:4.5 — Mt 6:19-21; Lk 12:33-34.

Where it appears

Essenes is linked in 3 paragraphs of the text.

See also

• Judaism

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