Stephen,
Your attempt to correlate NT language about "doers of the law" with your
theories on Essene deriving from 'oseh ha-torah is probably more nuanced than
my posting suggested. In the interests of accuracy I will certanly read the
materials you cited. For now, I will simply state
(with apologies for cross posting).
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My original message on this point has apparently been lost in
cyberspace, so I will re-send it. I apologize if in the end you all get
it twice.
Contrary to my usual interventions on these issues I want to answer on
behalf of Stephen Goranson (whether
