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Martial, Epigrammaton libri 2.29, 11.37.

Pliny the Elder, Natural History 33.33 (vol. 9), trans. H. Rackham, Loeb Classical Library (Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ. Press, 1952).

See the contributions in James H. Charlesworth, Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls (Anchor Bible Reference)

It is conceivable that none of the Qumranites ever became Christians. That still leaves most of the Essenes to account for, and if Philo and Josephus can be trusted that means over 3,700 of the 4,000 Essenes living in ancient Palestine.

As one of the best commentators on John stated, “There are close contacts between John and Qumran on important points … that there were some associations must be seriously considered, however they were set up.” R. Schnackenburg, The Gospel According to St. John, trans. K. Smyth (New York: Crossroad, 1987), vol. 1, pp. 134–135.

See Brownlee in John and the Dead Sea Scrolls, pp. 165–194.

See W. Baldensperger, Der Prolog des vierten Evangeliums (published in 1898). Also see R. Bultmann, The Gospel of John, trans. G.R. Beasley-Murray (Oxford: Blackwell, 1971) pp. 84–97.

See the contributions by Brown, Price, Leaney, Jaubert, Charlesworth, Quispel and Brownlee in Charlesworth, ed., John and the Dead Sea Scrolls.