re essene new testament william christie asked about the essene nt andrew kille reponded there is a collection of gospels which usually goes under the name of the essene gospel of peace these are derived from the gnostics not the essenes and are ostensibly translations from syriac texts of the fourth and fifth centuries i vaguely recall i can t find my copy right now clh there had been recent criticism of this in a listserv for academic biblical scholars they all say the book s are modern fakes d h
