The Jewish writers Flavius Josephus and Philo of Alexandria in particular wrote about the Essenes. And the Roman governor Pliny the Elder wrote that the Essenes lived north of Engedi on the shores of the Dead Sea. This was precisely the place where a treasure of ancient Hebrew writings was found around 1947. The writings were located in caves near an ancient settlement which is now called Khirbet Qumran.
Qumran, an Essene Centre?
Bala ho feta?
“Ka akhaonto ya mahala, o ka:
bala diphetolelo tse ding ka dipuo tsohle tse molaong;
Mamela Bibele (diphetolelo tse 11 di se di fumaneha).
Bapisa diphetolelo tse fapaneng;
etsa hore boitsebelo ba hao ebe ba hao ka ho kenyeletsa dinoutso tsa hao le tseo o di hlakisitseng. Hape o tla kgona ho sheba dinoutso le dihlakiso tsa hao di arohane.
Fumana dihlooho le diatikele tsa nalane tse fetang 1100+ ka English le Afrikaans le dimmapa tse 52 tse mebalabala. .
