Re: [Megillot] house of Absalom; wicked at beginning or end

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Stephen, Where is "Absalom" in Peshe Habakkuk? Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: Stephen Goranson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 5:15 am Subject: [Megillot] house of Absalom; wicked at beginning or end > > According to Pesher Habakkuk v, the House of Absalom failed to > help the > teacher of righteousness when the wicked priest rebuked him; > Absalom "kept > silence." If we follow the pHab viii hint of juxtaposed House of > Judah, 'osey > hatorah, and the Teacher of Righteousness and accept Jannai as its > "wicked > priest," perhaps we should consider the only surviving brother of > Jannai, > Absalom. After all, Jannai did not kill his brother Absalom > (unlike others), > because he considered him no threat as a rival for power; his > brother, "...the > survivor, who was content with a quiet life." (War I 84; cf. Ant. > 13. > 323 "brother who preferred to live without taking part in public > affairs" and Marcus/Loeb note a; Ant. 14.71). Quiet; silence; Absalom. > > > The accounts in Josephus and Talmud about sectarian-upset dinners > of John > Hyrcanus and Jannai (or one dinner twice assigned) are complex. > But it's > interesting that Raba reportedly said (b. Berakot 29a): "Johanan > and Jannai > are different [i.e., John Hyrcanus was not Jannai--correct]; > Jannai was > originally wicked and Johanan was originally righteous." Possibly > this > reflects Essene and Pharisee/Rabbinic polemic. In the Essene view > Jannai was > at first "called by the name of truth" (pHab viii 9) and then > became wicked > (the wicked priest). For Raba the opposite obtained. > > best, > Stephen Goranson > > _______________________________________________ > g-Megillot mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.McMaster.CA/mailman/listinfo/g-megillot > _______________________________________________ g-Megillot mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.McMaster.CA/mailman/listinfo/g-megillot