Nazoraean

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Figures John the Baptizer Yeshua James the Just Simeon of Jerusalem Jude, brother of Jesus Desposyni Pillars of the Church Patriarchs of Jerusalem Symmachus the Ebionite

Early sects Ebionites Elcesaites Nasoraeans Nazarenes Nazoraeans

Modern sects Ebionite Jewish Community Messianic Jews Sacred Name Movement

Writings Clementine literature Didache Gospel of the Ebionites Gospel of the Hebrews Gospel of the Nazoraeans Epistle of James

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Nazoraean is the designation given to a first century offshoot of Nazarene Judaism by Epiphanius. Their distinguishing characteristic was a belief that Jesus was a Nazirite. Nazoraeans might have been the post-Jesus continuation of the pre-christian Nasoraeans since a group fitting the description of Nazoraeans are called Nazorei by Jerome^{[citation needed]} while Filaster uses the term Nazorei to refer to the Nasoraeans^{[citation needed]}. Theodoret likewise describes them (Nazaraeans) as nothing more than simply a post-Christian continuation of the pre-Christian Nasoraeans^{[citation needed]}. In Jewish writings, although the term Notzrim came to be applied to Christians it actually pre-dates Jesus by at least a century and has the same meaning as Nasoraioi (watchers/guardians) described as fallen angels in the book of Jubilees.

Alternatively the two similarly named groups might have always existed side by side.

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• Jewish Christians
• Judeo-Christian