Professor James VanderKam, a Dead Sea Scroll scholar, proposes that “the Essenes who lived at Qumran were just a small part of the larger Essene movement, ” which Josephus numbered at about four thousand.
Professor James VanderKam, Surnumere kirjarullide uurija, oletab, et „Kumranis elanud esseenid olid vaid väike osa suurest esseenide kogukonnast ”, kus Josephuse sõnul oli umbes neli tuhat liiget.