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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>A '''Nazarite''' or '''Nazirite''' (''Nazir'' in Hebrew) was a [[Judaism|Jew]] who took an [[asceticism|ascetic]] vow as described in [[Numbers]] 6:1-21. <br />
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The term ''Nazarite'' comes from the Hebrew word ''nazir'' meaning "consecrated" or "separated." The Nazarite is "holy unto the Lord" ([[Numbers]] 6:8) and must keep himself from becoming ritually unclean. The regulations which apply to him actually agree with those for the High Priest and for the priests during worship, as described in [[Leviticus]] and in [[Book of Ezekiel|Ezekiel]]. This vow required the man (and in the Hellenistic period the woman too) to observe the following:<br />
*Abstain from wine, vinegar (which was made from wine), grapes, raisins, and all intoxicants;<br />
*Refrain from cutting one's hair and beard;<br />
*To avoid corpses, even those of a family member.<br />
The vow was usually for a fixed period of time&mdash;30, 90 or even 100 days. At that time, the man would make a sacrifice that included a lamb, a ewe, a ram, and a basket of bread and cakes. There are cases where a parent would make this vow for her or his child, which the child would observe for his entire life.<br />
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== Nazarite Vows in History ==<br />
Two examples of Nazarites in the [[Old Testament|Hebrew Bible]] are [[Samson]] ([[Judges]] 13:5), and [[Samuel]] ([[I Kingdoms]] 1:11). In both cases, their mother made the vow before they were born, which required them to live an ascetic life, yet in return they received extraordinary gifts: Samson possessed strength and ability in physical battle, while Samuel was a [[prophet]].<br />
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This vow was observed into the intertestamentary period. [[I Maccabees]] 3:49 mention men who had ended their Nazarite vows, an example dated to about 165 BCE. [[Josephus]] mentions a number of people who had taken the vow, such as his tutor Banns (''Antiquities'' 20.6), and [[Gamaliel]] records in the Mishnah how the father of Rabbi Chenena made a lifetime Nazarite vow before him (Nazir 29b) &mdash; examples showing this practice was observed into the first century.<br />
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In modern [[Judaism]], this practice does not exist any more.<br />
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== Nazarites and the New Testament ==<br />
The practice of a Nazarite vow is part of the mystery of the Greek term "[[Nazarene]]" that appears in the [[New Testament]]; the sacrifice of a lamb and the offering of bread does suggest a relationship with Christian symbolism. However, a saying ([[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]] 11:18f; [[Gospel of Luke|Luke]] 7:33ff) of [[Jesus Christ|Jesus]]' makes it doubtful that he might have been a Nazarite, as does the ritual consumption of wine as part of the [[Eucharist]]. <br />
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The [[Apostle Luke]] clearly was aware that wine was forbidden in Nazaritic ascetic practice, for the [[angel]] ([[Gospel of Luke|Luke]] 1:15) that announces the birth of [[John the Baptist]] foretells that "he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb." The implication is that John would take a lifelong Nazarite vow (see also [[Gospel of Luke|Luke]] 7:33). <br />
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Luke also mentions how [[Apostle Paul|Paul]] was advised to avoid the hostility of the Jews in [[Jerusalem]] by taking Nazaritic vows, a strategem that only delayed the inevitable mob assault on him ([[Acts of the Apostles|Acts]] 21:20-24). When Paul is advised to take the Nazarite vow, although in the previous verse it is stated he is meeting with [[James the Just|James]], the author of Acts clearly ascribes the advice to the general group of elders. It is not clear whether this is because Luke confused the word ''nazir'' with ''netzer'' (meaning "branch," an allusion to [[Book of Isaiah|Isaiah]] 11:1), and felt it did not apply to James, or whether (as [[Judaizers]] might claim) Luke intentionally minimized James' importance as other Pauline Christians did. The ''Orthodox Study Bible'' notes that<br />
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:the vow of Paul is no compromise with Judaism. It is an expression of Christian charity from Paul, a Jewish Christian, toward the Jewish Christians in Jerusalem in order to dispel false rumors and to build their trust (p. 320).<br />
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What is curious is that Luke never mentions [[James the Just]] as taking Nazarite vows, although later Christian historians (e.g., [[Epiphanius of Salamis|Epiphanius]] in ''Panarion'' 29.4) believed he had, and this would explain the asceticism [[Eusebius of Caesarea]] describes James observed (''Ecclesiastical History'' 2.23), an asceticism that gave James his epithet "the Just."<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=142&letter=N ''Jewish Encyclopedia'':] Nazarite; Biblical data, examples.<br />
*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10727a.htm Nazarite] in the [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/ Catholic Encyclopedia]<br />
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