 Szekely claimed that, while studying at the Vatican in 1923, he had found and translated several obscure Hebrew and Aramaic texts which he said proved the Essenes were vegetarians, and that vegetarianism was prescribed by Jesus.Szekely claimed to have found an Aramaic translation of "The Essene Gospel of Peace" and "The Essene Book of Revelation" at the Vatican library.In the scriptorium of the Benedictine monastery of Monte Cassino he claimed to have found the original Hebrew text of "The Essene Gospel of Peace".