Nasoraean or Nasaraean (Grk: Nasaraioi) is the name of a pre-christian Jewish sect described by Epiphanius. We find Epiphanius speaking about this sect in Bashan and Galaatides (Panarion 18; 20, 3; 29, 6, 1; 19, 5) who rejected temple sacrifice and the Torah but adhered to other Jewish practice. He describes them as vegetarian and distinguished them from Nazoraeans who did "know christ". The most notorious Nasoraean was Yeshu Ha Notzri. // The word Jew (Hebrew: יהודי transliterated: Yehudi) is used in many ways, but generally refers to a follower of Judaism, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity; and often a combination of these attributes. ... Epiphanius (clearly manifested) was the name of several early Christian scholars and ecclesiastics: Epiphanius of Salamis, bishop of Salamis in Cyprus, died 410, author of Panarion Epiphanius of Constantinople, died 535, Patriarch of Constantinople 520—535 Epiphanius Scholasticus, known only as the assistant of Cassiodorus who compiled the Historiae Ecclesiasticae... For animals adapted to eat primarily plants, sometimes referred to as vegetarian animals, see Herbivore. ... Nazoraean is the designation given to a first century offshoot of Nazarene Judaism by Epiphanius. ... This article is about references to the name Yeshu in classical Jewish rabbinic literature. ...

See Notzrim See: Mandaeanism, on the Mandaean religion; Mandaic language, also called the Mandaean language; Mandaic alphabet. ...