>You seem to be thinking along somewhat similar lines to Boccaccini, at >least with regards to the identification of the Sons of Zadok and their >relation to the Maccabees. Have you taken a look at his Roots of >Rabbinic Judaism? I put up a post a couple of months ago in which I >commented on it.
David, The only book of Boccaccini's I have is Middle Judaism in which he has already, unexplicably accepted the Essene connection with the scrolls. This didn't endear me to his thoughts, given that the few classical sources tell us -- with little that is exact enough to say what is and what is not an Essene position in a literary source. My position on the sons of Zadok is a longheld view explaining the references to them in the scrolls. I have previously mentioned the relationship between priests and the two top angelic levels found in Jubilees, angels of the presence (connected with the sons of Zadok) and angels of holiness (with the sons of Aaron). This becomes partially clear in the analysis of 1QSb which I posted sometime back on the list. If Boccaccini has developed similar lines of thought, it is a good sign for the idea, in that at least someone else has arrived at the same point from some other direction! Ian For private reply, e-mail to "Ian Hutchesson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from Orion, e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: "unsubscribe Orion." Archives are on the Orion Web site, http://orion.mscc.huji.ac.il. (PLEASE REMOVE THIS TRAILOR BEFORE REPLYING TO THE MESSAGE)
