Dear Stephen et al,
After a careful review of the PAM image of 4Q448, I have decided that what I thought was a trace of a third arm of a shin was actually a shadow, and that the letter is indeed an ayin. It doesn not immediately follow that 4Q488 is antagonistic toward Jonathan, but I want to
The reading of Shin starting col. B line 1 of 4Q448 has been proposed by M.O.
Wise, N. Golb, G. Doudna, and R. Gmirkin. A much longer list of readers read
Ayin; and a number of the latter have declared that the reading of shin
is materially impossible or the like. (Citations on request.) The
Stephen,
I appreciate the general fairness and factuality of your reply, although for future reference you may note that Norman Golb has had no influence on my research on this or any other topic.
Russell Gm.
The reading of Shin starting col. B line 1 of 4Q448 has been proposed by M.O.
Wise,
Marginal note.
The identified light at the end of the Essene tunnel might be the incoming
'Wizard of Oz' intercity train ...
On the other hand, the political relation between the robust staff-movement
(as one of the sources behind all literay Essenism) and the Herodian
establisment of the 1st c.
As previously noted, Daniel Harrington, John Strugnell, Emmanuelle Main, Andre
Lemaire, Geert Lorein, and I have argued that the 4Q448 columns B and C text
speaks against King Jonathan. And I added that he, Alexander Jannaeus, was the
Qumran Wicked Priest as well as the pesher Nahum Lion. Now I
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Subject: [Megillot] Jonathan: 4Q448, 4Q523, recent bibliography?
[snip]
Posidonius and Strabo, sources on Essenes, considered Alexander,
explicitly
named
