Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Yigal Levin <Yigal.Levin AT biu.ac.il>]

There are about half a dozen different proposals for the meaning and
etymology of "Essenes". But this is getting off-topic. So let's not start
throwing around etymologies, unless their relevant for understanding the
biblical text.

Yigal Levin

Co-moderator, B-Hebrew

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[mailto:b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Goranson
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Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Etymology of Nazarene or Nazareth ?

And Essenes (and Ossenes) from the Hebrew root 'asah, in the
self-designation 'osey hatorah, observers of torah, as known by Melanchthon
in 1532 and by others (as factores legis in Latin) before being confirmed in
Qumran pesharim:
http://www.duke.edu/~goranson/Essenes_&_Others.pdf
especially page 539.

Stephen Goranson