Jeffrey, That's interesting. I presented a paper to the "Nordic Network in Qumran Studies" last year, tentatively arguing that the War Scroll might be best understood as related to the wisdom genre, metaphorically describing the everyday confrontation with that which is religiously unacceptable as a "war". Of course I rested part of my case on the sapiential terminology in 1QM, among other things the use of "raz" (or to be precise, it's allways "razey" - "secretS of X" in 1QM). I was utterly unaware of the usage in 2 Macc that you quote. It looks like an argument against my thesis (or at the very least an added touch to the sophisticated military imagery employed by the author(s) of 1QM). In addition to David's mention of 1QM 3,9 and 16,11.16, you might also look at 14,9 (Belial's "razim") and 14,14 with parallel in 4Q491 fr. 8-10 (directly paralleling God's "razim" with his "machshava" - "plan"). I'm less sure of the meaning (and possible relevance) of 1QM 17,9, which talks of how God will eventually fill his crucibles with his razim. Soren, Copenhagen > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Jeffrey B. Gibson > Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 3:25 PM > To: g-megillot > Subject: [Megillot] Raz as "battle plan" in the DSS > > Is there anywhere at all in the DSS where the term raz ("mystery) is > used as its Greek counterpart MUSTHRION is in 2 Macc. 13:21, i.e., for > "battle plan"? > > Yours, > > Jeffrey > > > -- > > Jeffrey B. Gibson, D.Phil. (Oxon.) > > 1500 W. Pratt Blvd. #1 > Chicago, IL 60626 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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