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This article presents discussion regarding the relationship between the Qumran community of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Jewish Essene sect as described by the historian Josephus. Details are given describing the arguments for and against the connection between the two groups, reviewing several textual similarities between their documents and in descriptions of both communities. Conclusions are offered affirming the theory of their connection.

Presents an examination of the chronological framework of the traditional form of the Essene Hypothesis based on the Dead Sea scholarship on the Jewish sect known as Essenes led by a man called "the Teacher of Righteousness" in the ancient Khirbet Qumran. Methods of dating the archaeology of Khirbet Qumran; Historical references and allusions in the Dead Sea Scrolls.

The article discusses the historical eschatology of the Jewish community at Qumran. Topics addressed include the diversity of content and views found within the Qumran scrolls, the outlining of elements of the Qumran community's identity within the Essene belief system, and scholastic efforts to reconstruct of Qumran doctrine.