The exact origin of the Essenes is a matter of speculation, but they seem to have arisen during the period of turmoil following the Maccabean revolt in the second century B.C.E.
यह पंथ कब उभरकर आया इसके बारे में ठीक - ठीक कहा नहीं जा सकता, मगर शायद सा. यु.