How to cite this article: R. Steven Notley, “Jesus and the Essene Passover,” Jerusalem Perspective (2003) [https://www.jerusalemperspective.com/4429/].
In past articles I have tried to demonstrate that at points the writings of the Qumran library are important for recognizing the Hebraic linguistic milieu for the vocabulary of the New Testament. Beyond these linguistic parallels, however, modern scholarship has attempted to identify whether there existed direct contact between the Essene Congregation and figures in the New Testament. In particular, similarities between John the Baptist and the Qumran Congregation regarding their baptisms, their self-identification with Isaiah 40:3 and their apocalyptic rhetoric, have drawn some scholars to the conclusion that John may have at one time had direct contact with the Essenes.
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- [1] Annie Jaubert, La date de la Cène: Calendrier biblique et liturgie chrétienne (Paris: Lecoffre, 1957) (ET: The Date of the Last Supper [Staten Island, N.Y.: Alba House, 1965]). ↩
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Dear Everett,
Thank you for your interest in this fascinating topic. You may be interested to know that Dr. Notley elaborates further on this issue in two of his recent books: