Editing Ebionites (section)

==Name==
The hellenized Hebrew term ''Ebionite'' was first applied by [[Irenaeus]] in the [[Christianity in the 2nd century|second century]] without making mention of Nazarenes ({{circa|180 CE}}).<ref>Antti Marjanen, Petri Luomanen "A companion to second-century Christian "heretics" p250 "It is interesting to note that the Ebionites first appear in the catalogues in the latter half of the second century. The earliest reference to the Ebionites was included in a catalogue used by Irenaeus in his Refutation and Subversion ..."</ref><ref>Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible 2000 {{p.|364}} "EBIONITES Name for Jewish Christians first witnessed in Irenaeus (Adv. haer. 1.26.2; Gk. ebionaioi) ca. 180 ce".</ref> [[Origen]] wrote "for Ebion signifies 'poor' among the Jews, and those Jews who have received Jesus as Christ are called by the name of Ebionites."<ref>{{cite book|author=Origen|title=Contra Celsum|at=II, 1}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf04.vi.ix.ii.i.html|title=Philip Schaff: ANF04. Fathers of the Third Century: Tertullian, Part Fourth; Minucius Felix; Commodian; Origen, Parts First and Second - Christian Classics Ethereal Library|website=www.ccel.org}}</ref> [[Tertullian]] was the first to write against a [[heresiarch]] called [[Ebion]]; scholars believe he derived this name from a literal reading of ''Ebionaioi'' as 'followers of Ebion', a derivation now considered mistaken for lack of any more substantial references to such a figure.<ref name="Uhlhorn"/><ref name="RGG"/> The term ''the poor'' (Greek: ''ptōkhoí'') was still used in its original, more general sense.<ref name="Uhlhorn"/><ref name="RGG"/> Modern Hebrew still uses the Biblical Hebrew term ''the needy'' for almsgiving to the needy at [[Purim]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Oxford English-Hebrew Dictionary|isbn=9780198601722}}</ref>

Scholar [[James D. Tabor]] argues that the Ebionites most likely named themselves after the poor, the first of many groups of people mentioned in the [[Beatitudes]] of [[Jesus]] as [[blessing|blessed]] and meriting entry in the coming [[Kingdom of God (Christianity)|Kingdom of God]] on Earth.<ref name="Tabor 2006"/>