Nazarenes

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The Nazarenes were an early Jewish-Christian sect that followed Jesus while maintaining adherence to Jewish law and customs.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Ebionites 6
Nazarenes canonical 4
Thomasine Christianity 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish-Christian sect
early Christian group
adheresTo Jewish law
Sabbath observance
Torah observance
circumcision
kosher dietary laws
believesIn Jesus as the Messiah
resurrection of Jesus
category Christian groups of Jewish origin
Early Christian sect
Jewish Christianity
christology Jewish-Christian christology
describedAs sect of the Nazarenes
describedIn Acts of the Apostles
distinguishedFrom Ebionites (in some patristic accounts)
mainstream Gentile Christianity
ethnicComposition Jewish
follows Jesus of Nazareth
geographicOrigin Galilee
Judea
historicalStatus now extinct religious group
influenced later Jewish-Christian movements
influencedBy Second Temple Judaism
languageUsed Aramaic
Hebrew
mentionedBy Epiphanius of Salamis
Jerome
nameDerivedFrom Jesus the Nazarene
nameInGreek Nazoraioi
nameInHebrew Notzrim
regardedAs minim (heretics) in some rabbinic sources
regardedBy Rabbinic Judaism
regionOfActivity Palestine
Syria
Transjordan
relatedTo Ebionites
linked to: Nazarenes

Jerusalem church
religiousTradition Christianity
Judaism
scripturalCanon Gospel of Matthew
Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh
timePeriod 1st century CE
2nd century CE
viewOnGentiles distinct from Gentile Christians
viewOnLaw continued obligation of Mosaic Law for Jews
viewOnPaul critical or reserved attitude toward Paul (in some reconstructions)
viewOnScripture accepted Hebrew text rather than Septuagint (per some patristic reports)

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

GospelOfHebrews associatedCommunityHypothesis Ebionites
linked to: Nazarenes
Gospel of the Hebrews usedBy Nazarenes
Gospel of the Hebrews usedBy Ebionites
linked to: Nazarenes
Acts of Thomas associatedWith Thomasine Christianity
linked to: Nazarenes
Gospel of the Ebionites associatedWith Ebionites
linked to: Nazarenes
Jewish Christianity associatedWith Ebionites
linked to: Nazarenes
Jewish Christianity hasSubgroup Nazarenes
Jewish Christianity hasSubgroup Ebionites
linked to: Nazarenes
Nazarenes relatedTo Ebionites
linked to: Nazarenes