James Charlesworth, director of the Dead Sea Scrolls Project and professor at Princeton Theological Seminary, said there is "significant evidence for the Essenes’ existence" and "It is impossible that Josephus created a group already mentioned by Philo, who had visited Jerusalem."
James Charlesworth, director of the Dead Sea Scrolls Project and professor at Princeton Theological Seminary, claimed that there is "credible proof of the Essenes' existence" and "it is improbable that Josephus created a group already discussed by Philo, who visited Jerusalem."