This message gives more evidence that Alexander Jannai, King Jonathan, was the
Qumran wicked priest, during a time of great sectarian strife. (The 12 and
14 April messages gave some of the other evidence; and there's still more than
will fit in this one, e.g. on 4QpIsaiah timing, as well as
Thanks for the many useful notes, Jim Davila, at
http://paleojudaica.blogspot.com
and at
http://qumranica.blogspot.com
If I may make two points about the Temple Scroll class note at the latter:
1) Joseph M. Baumgarten *does not* (in many recent publications, bibliography
on request) and *did
Dear Stephen,
Your observations about Baumgarten are correct! Baumgarten does not assume
Sadducean origins for the Qumran mss. In point of fact, he has, throughout his
long career, presented many papers where he considers the similarities between
the Essenes and the Qumran mss.
As for your
Most informative. I have some homework to do :-) Thanks, both to you and to
Dr. Hogenhaven.
On Thursday 14 April 2005 01:43, Søren Holst wrote:
Dave,
I took the liberty of forwarding your mail to my friend and colleague dr.
J. Høgenhaven, who is the one I usually turn to with paleographic
