Might I suggest you read the book, Jesus the Pharisee by Rabbi Falk. While I do not agree with his premise that there is something called the Noahide laws, his knowledge and study on the 2 houses as well as the history of the killings of hundreds of the house of Hillel by the orders of house of Shammai is quite eye opening and thought provoking. The is the reason the Essenes fled. They sided with the house of Hillel, thus in order to save their lives they were forced to relocate.
I gotta admit, even in the bizarro world of Judaizing Christians, some statements of purported facts stun even a character as jaded as me!