Yes, Philip, it was "shorthand," as it appears you basically already knew. (Shorthand, though with citation of three fine publications that support the identification.) Now, to address something new that mayhaps you didn't already know, perhaps consider the possibility that Philo refers to Sadducees and Pharisees.
best Stephen Goranson Quoting philip davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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
