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Member of an ancient Jewish religious sect
located in the area near the Dead Sea c. 200
BC-AD 200, whose members lived a life of
denial and asceticism, as they believed that
the day of judgement was imminent. The Dead
Sea Scrolls, discovered in 1947, are believed
by some scholars to be the library of the
community. John the Baptist may have been a
member of the Essenes.