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Rezumând atitudinea terapeuților față de bunăstare, putem constata că această comunitate a ridicat la un nivel atât de înalt valorile spirituale, încât a ignorat absolut tot ce aparține vieții zilnice obișnuite. Ei s-au străduit la înmulțirea bo-găției înțelepciunii (par. 16–17, 20) și a valorilor spirituale. În rândul acestei co-munități meditațiile asupra Sfintelor Scripturi, a cărților sfinte proprii, precum și asupra înțelepciunii dumnezeiești (par. 1, 28–30, 67) sunt absolut primordiale, din care rezultă retragerea din lume și disprețuirea totală a bogăției pământești.

Révai kis lexikona 1936-ban közölte Edvard Munch Az élet tánca című festményének fekete-fehér reprodukcióját a modern külföldi festők mellékletében. A „tánc” magyar szavunk német közvetítéssel honosodott meg nyelvünkben. Jelentése: a zene hangjaira ritmikusan mozogni, ugrálni, könynyedén  és gyorsan forogni. Az ókorban azt a körtáncot jelentette, amelyben a nők vagy férfiak összefogózva körben forognak. Ez a tánc az örömöt fejezte ki. Témája már az ókortól ismert a képzőművészetben, amint azt a Kr. e. 4–5. századból származó Táncoló peucetiai nők című falfestmény is bizonyítja az olaszországi Ruvo di Puglia (Bari megye) táncosainak sírján.

Psalm-singing in the Community of Therapeutae Based on De vita contemplativa by Philo of Alexandria. The Therapeutae’s ascetic devotion is characterized not only by searching the scriptures, meditation and prayer but also by singing of hymns and psalms. Hymns were composed by the principals of the community, they were those who taught the community members to sing them and they continually enriched the hymnal with new ones. The Essenes’ and Therapeutae’s psalm-singing indicates first of all the common Old Testament origin. However these religious communities had different self-identity from that of the normative Jews and this identity required for a special psalm-poetry to be accomplished. The Therapeutae’s psalms remind us of the church psalm-tradition characterized, just like the Essene hymns, by responsive singing and refrains.