Dierk, Thanks for clarifying what you meant. I bought and still have R. Bergmeier's book, and read it and read every available review, and Duke library owns it too; and I have _Qumran kontrovers_ checked out and at home.
I didn't notice any burning "at the stake of ignorance," Giordano Bruno-like, or otherwise. best, Stephen Quoting Dierk van den Berg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Stephen, > > J. Frey and H. Stegemann (Ed.)_Qumran kontrovers_Beitr�ge zur den Textfunden > vom Toten Meer, Bonifatius, Paderborn 2003. > > The fact that Stegemann has edited an article by Bergmeier*, directly > followed by a refutation by J. Frey**, which quite obviously turns into a > kind of support for Bergmeier reveals the intention behind - to make the > best out of a bad job. Bergmeier, as you know, was already literary buried > in early 1994, his work removed from the book market in perpetuity. He was > indeed the Giordano Bruno of his time, burnt at the stake of ignorance, > sacrificed to the Essene world view of the early 90s. However, somebody has > let risen the schoolteacher again - probably thought as vanguard auxiliary > (B. never rejected Essenes a priori) in the upcoming confrontation on basic > axioms. > > * The historical value of the Essene reports in Philo and Josephus, > pp.11-22 > ** On the historical analysis of the ancient Essene reports, pp.23-56 _______________________________________________ g-Megillot mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.McMaster.CA/mailman/listinfo/g-megillot
