Sorry to be a pedant. I reread 4Qpesher Nahum and did not find the
name of Alexander Jannaeus. Has a new fragment been published? Or is
this shorthand for 'a 'furious lion cub' which most scholars identify
with Jannaeus (but not Doudna, who I think here has made a
respectable case for an alternative interpretation), though I remain
openminded about it, especially given my scepticism about the
historical precision of pesher allusions).
I'm mainly concerned that in a scholarly discussion we remain careful
to distinguish fact from theory.
PD
perhaps reread 4Qpesher Nahum in which
Alexander Jannaeus, compared to a Lion, crucified fellow-countrymen, or reread
Josephus Antiquities 13, 375f, in which, reportedly, Jannaeus "slew no fewer
that fifty thousaand Jews."
--
Professor Philip R Davies
University of Sheffield
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