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