Essenes, [23]–[31].
ablutions and celibacy, [25] f.
ceremonies of initiation, [31].
communism, [25], [145], [150].
dress, [26].
derivation of the name, [26].
disapprove of oath, [27] f., [108].
of war, [25].
final aim, [28] f.
idea of the Messiah, [145].
mysticism, [28].
occupy themselves with cures, exorcisms, etc., [29].
origin, from the Assidæans, [24].
number, [30].
prophetic power ascribed to them, [100].
relation to Christianity, [219] f.
to the Pharisees, the Temple and national life, [30].
settlement, [25].
strict observance of the Sabbath and the Levitical laws of cleanliness, [24] f.
Eusebius, fanaticism against the Jews, [527], [562].
Excommunication (Nidui), [339].
laws about, [552].
in Babylon, [517].
Exile, Roman (Galut Edom), compared with that of Babylonia, [321].
Exorcism, practice of, in Christianity, [170].
Fadus, procurator of Judæa after Agrippa I's death, [197] f.
Fathers of the Church, hatred of the Jews, [525] ff., [562], [613], [620], [623] ff.
Felix, governor of Galilee, [242] f.
of Judæa, [245] f.
Festivals, calculations of the dates of, [325], [340], [362] f., [532], [573].
second day celebrated by the Jews outside of Judæa, [363], [573].
Festus, procurator of Judæa, [247] ff.