The Essenes and the Advent of Jesus

"The Essenes and the Advent of Jesus" is a biblical study guide for the Advent and Christmas season, the events leading to the birth of Jesus Christ. This guide integrates interpretation of Bible verses with invaluable information from the readings of Christian psychic Edgar Cayce to fill in many of the historical gaps the biblical material does not explain. Each of the eight lessons provided in the book ends with a series of questions to encourage discussion.

"The Essenes and the Advent of Jesus" is a biblical study guide for the Advent and Christmas season, the events leading to the birth of Jesus Christ. This guide integrates interpretation of Bible verses with invaluable information from the readings of Christian psychic Edgar Cayce, which add considerable background material covering the years before the birth of Jesus, fill in some of the historical gaps in the biblical material, and even corrects apparent misperceptions prevalent in the traditional interpretation of some biblical verses. The story begins with the formation of a school of prophets some four hundred years before Jesus's birth. This school eventually became the center of a Jewish sect called the Essenes, who dedicated their lives to preparing for the birth of the Messiah. Each of the eight lessons provided in the book ends with a series of questions to encourage discussion.

Jeffrey Imes received a PhD in Physics in 1974 and worked for forty years in the fields of geophysics and groundwater hydrology. He has been an ardent explorer of the Edgar Cayce readings since 1977, with a special interest in comparing these readings with science and the Bible.