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yOn Thu, 16 Nov 1995, Ivan Ickovits wrote:

> 
> 
> Wan't this Baptisn just the extension of the jewish ritual of subnersion 
> in a mikvah -  i.e. ritual purification before the sabbath, or high 
> holidays etc.  or general rites of transition for becoming a bar mitzvah 
> or marriage, etc.?

I have not heard this theory before. Webb associates the Qumran 
purifications with those that occurred in the Temple. Rebecca Gray talks 
about their relationship to a hypothetical technique for teaching how to 
prophesy. I have not heard of an origin for the purifications performed 
by Bannus and John the Baptist. Some authors do note how *different* 
John's baptism seems to be from Qumran, i.e., a single baptism for the 
forgiveness of sins.

According to Mani's autobiography, the Elchasaites practised daily 
purification--bodily and of their food.

Do you have some sources for this thesis?

> 

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