[mikeus_maximus]

I remember reading about a Brit in the 1800s who claimed that the origional Holy Land was in England and Edinburogh was the real Jerusalem.

Relative of Joseph Smith, by any chance? ;)

[blackpacific]

I thought the Carmelites traced their origins back to the Essenes as well? So I suppose if a modern academic wanted to see what the Essenes lived like, he could visit his local Carmelite monastery? I could be wrong in this, I am not sure how close Mt. Carmel is to where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found.