Though I was not the first to propose it (it appears in scholarship at least as early as 1532), the name Essenes goes back through several Greek spellings to the Hebrew root 'asah.
And some Dead Sea Scrolls include, in Hebrew, the self-designation 'osey ha-Torah, observers of Torah.
Of course, Pharisees and Sadducees did not accept that name.
Among publications on this:
"Others and Intra-Jewish Polemic as Reflected in Qumran Texts"
https://people.duke.edu/~goranson/Essenes_&_Others.pdf
And some Dead Sea Scrolls include, in Hebrew, the self-designation 'osey ha-Torah, observers of Torah.
Of course, Pharisees and Sadducees did not accept that name.
Among publications on this:
"Others and Intra-Jewish Polemic as Reflected in Qumran Texts"
https://people.duke.edu/~goranson/Essenes_&_Others.pdf
Statistics: Posted by StephenGoranson — Fri Feb 02, 2024 6:54 am