---
title: "Silent Years — Essenes"
description: "Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue a look at the responses to Hellenism in the world of first-century Judaism, this time examining the group known as the Essenes."
canonical: https://bema.jpamorgan.com/episodes/78
published: 2018-07-05
---

# Silent Years — Essenes

The Essenes

- Published: 2018-07-05T08:00:00.000Z
- Episode slug: `78`
- Episode number: 78
- Session: 3
- People: Marty Solomon, Brent Billings

## Description

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue a look at the responses to Hellenism in the world of first-century Judaism, this time examining the group known as the Essenes.

## Show notes

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue a look at the responses to Hellenism in the world of first-century Judaism, this time examining the group known as the Essenes. Silent Years — Essenes Presentation (PDF) Discussion Video for BEMA 78 Qumran — Wikipedia Dead Sea Scrolls — Wikipedia Transcript for BEMA 78

## Sources and machine-readable records

- [BEMA Podcast Explorer episode page](https://bema.jpamorgan.com/episodes/78)
- [Official BEMA source page](https://www.bemadiscipleship.com/78)
- [Episode JSON](https://api.bema.jpamorgan.com/v1/episodes/78)
- [Audio](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7d8cc2be-fe66-43fb-ada4-e62e2f8c00e7/f630851b-9bd2-4b60-9086-5c92d1d7dda9.mp3)
- [Official transcript source](https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTVYV3NFrNG7ECKKCeQ3kklVz--b7dZpidex0GAchNMMn45ZK2bRnPYsnzAWpWM6-gy9FwFPbhNuibX/pub)
- [Transcript JSON](https://api.bema.jpamorgan.com/v1/transcripts/78)