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Anyone who thought this scenario was a figment of the imagination of these writers must now think again. The finding of such a fragment here makes it undeniably real. The allusion to 'mixing' is of course interesting as well. It recapitulates allusions of this kind already discussed in the First Letter on Works Reckoned as Righteousness. In that document, this allusion primarily relates to Gentiles and 'mixing' with them, but in the War Scroll and Damascus Document it relates to mixing with 'the sons of the Pit' as well. Of course all of these expressions relate to the 'separation' ideology we have encountered so repeatedly in these texts - 'separating pure from impure', part of the general 'Temple pollution' accusation, but also the general instructions to 'separate from the sons of the Pit' or 'the majority of the people' and 'go out into the wilderness' camps. Translation Column 1 (1) . . . the men of the . . . (2) their soul, and to reprove (3) . . . the camps of the Many, concerning (4) . . . rebellion Column 2 (1) to . . . (2) which . . . the Light, knowing[ly . . .] (3) the Many . . . Johanan ben . . . (4) he was short-tempered . . . his name . . . And also the Spirit of radience with . . . . (5) he . . .And Hananiah Nitos they reproved because he . . . (6) turned aside the Spirit of the Commun[ity from the
Way], and also to mix the . . . (7) they repr[oved] [be]cause he . . . and also because he was not . . . (8) Furthermore, he loved his bodily emissions . . . (9) Hananiah ben Shim[. . . they reproved because . . .] (10) Furthermore, he loved . . . 50. Paean Forking Jonathan (Alexander Jannaeus - 4Q448) (Plate 25) This text completely disproves the Essene theory of Qumran origins at least as classically conceived. It was known for some 30 years, but once again mistranslated and misinterpreted. What is more incomprehensible, the dedication 'to King Jonathan' was missed completely. Once again, it demonstrates the need for open access to all texts and the deleterious effects of opening archives only to a small circle of people. There were really only two King Jonathan's in the history we have before us. These were Jonathan the brother of Judas Maccabee (c. 15 5 BC), and Alexander Jannaeus (d. 76 BC), whom we have referred to in various contexts above. Since the first probably never even was 'king' in the true sense and was never addressed in this manner, we are probably in the realm of the second. We have had occasion to speak of him throughout these texts, but particularly with regard to the Priestly Courses III/Aemilius Kills text in Chapter 4. To have a text like this Paean, introduced by a dedicatory invocation or panegyric to him - in the words of the Paean itself, a Shir Kodesh or 'Holy Song'/'Poem' - is an historical treasure of high magnitude for the study of the Scrolls. Therefore we close our work with it and its interpretation. The fact that it was buried for so long, with the consequence that much of the debate concerning the state of affairs it addresses was misguided and misinformed, cannot be considered anything but reprehensible. Ten years ago, one of the editors of this volume observed that Qumran had to be considered pro- Maccabean, i.e. pro Alexander Jannaeus or Jonathan and not anti. He concluded from 2 Macc 5:27's picture of Judas and his nine companions out 'in the hills' eating nothing but plants 'to avoid contracting defilement', that the settlement might have been founded by the Maccabees to honour this 'wilderness' experience, not (as in normative Qumran scholarship, which in his view exhibited a definite anti-Maccabean bias) in opposition to them. It should be noted that both Maccabee Books present the celebration they seem written to commemorate, Hanukkah, as a new Feast of Booths or Tabernacles in the wilderness when the Law was either first revealed or rededicated. This editor also noted Alexander Jannaeus' second wilderness sojourn thereafter, when the latter and about 6,000 of his partisans fled to 'the hills' surrounding Jerusalem to resist Demetrius. This Graeco-Seleucid King had been invited into the country by the presumable party opposing Alexander, the Pharisees (War 1.92-5). This invitation by the Pharisaic opponents of Alexander Jannaeus has to be considered a prototypical one for this party and the establishment Sadducees they eventually control. Later it is the Pharisee supporters of Hyrcanus II, presumably referred to disapprovingly in the text on Priestly Courses above, who sided with Pompey and the Scaurus mentioned in that text. They are also presumably involved with Herod's father Antipas, who aided the Roman troops in overwhelming Aristobulus'
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The Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered The
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Introduction Why should anyone be i
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consignments, then more insistently
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Texts and fragments are translated
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entire corpus of pictures completel
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'Perfection of the Way' and 'zeal f
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as Judgement' throughout, so that t
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Chapter 1 - Messianic and Visionary
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He is to a certain extent a superna
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1991. Since then much discussion ha
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Chapter 3 below. Not only is it use
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[the sl]ai[n of the] Kitti[m] . . .
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Translation Fragment 1 (1) ... the
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Covenant' incumbent on all 'the Rig
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a book of the utmost importance for
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presumably an Angel - possibly even
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Translation Column 2 (9)...sixteen
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Righteous), etc. These themes shoul
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Translation Fragment 1 (1) ... to t
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Chapter 2 - Prophets and Pseudo-Pro
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this document, are also the backbon
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person, where it would appear to be
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Fragment 3 (1)...(2)... the Lord, a
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Translation Fragment 1 (1) and my p
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kingdoms (see also the Vision of th
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Translation (1)... Daniel befo[re..
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God, War Scroll, etc.., whether tak
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araméens de Qumran 4', Revue Bibli
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another example of rewriting and de
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analysis of the scheme of this cale
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as yet been revealed. The Damascus
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Put another way, one has irrefutabl
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Column 1 (1) in the 480th [year] of
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this are important, as is the provo
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18. Enochic Book Of Giants (4Q532)
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son, on the day of the festival of
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(references are to primeval dates,
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Chapter 4 - Calendrical Texts and P
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(9) Jeshua, (10) Shecaniah, (11) El
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secon[d] (year): The first lunar mo
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[Remembrance]. In H[uppah is the Da
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the thirtieth = the seventh of the
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confirms 'were dominated in all thi
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[On the sixteenth is the Sabbath of
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determined the name according to th
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third, the sign of Shecaniah;] (2)
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you will rejoice [in your God. Now]
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upper-class establishment and the m
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The surviving portions of the Qumra
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particular, is important, when it c
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the word 'Satan' and further adumbr
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Angel around . . . (5) a Wat[cher]
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of the Second Letter looks very lik
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issue of gifts from Gentiles. Also,
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the Way in the wilderness'. The ref
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lood of her purification. [She shou
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