> I believe that the apostle James Zebedee was the teacher of > righteousness in the DSS! It is known from the scrolls that the > teacher was a priest at the tempel in Jerusalem. It is also known > that Josephus said that James the righteous was a priest! Now, for > eneny one that dosen't believe that James Zebedee was a priest i have > some thing new! It's in the gospel of John. Where the beloved deciple > is known to the high priest. Now, did eneny body ever wonder how did > a commoner, a fishermen from galilee get to know the high priest in > Jerusalem? And it's one thing to know him, but to be welcomed into > his home, well, that's another story. You know He had to be some body > to gain enterence! I think the beloved deciple was a priest! One more > reason to believe that this deciple is a priest is that in John 20 he > and Peter ran to the tomb but he got there first but didn't go in. > Why, because he was a priest, and according to Jewish law a priest > would be defiled if he entered a room with a dead body in it. It > seems obvious to me that the beloved deciple is a priest. > > Everyone knows that James Zebedee became the head of the church in > Jerusalem after the death of Jesus. It only stands to reason that he > would want his most beloved and devoted deciple to take his place > after he was gone. That only makes sence. Especially if he were the > high priest. As Josephus says he was. > > The high priest was a political apointment by the govenor each year. > But i think he was high priest in name only. Sence Josephus says that > James the righteous was the one who entered the holy of holies each > year, i figure that James was the one who carried out the duties of > the high priest in the tempel. > > The reason John doesn't mention the name of this deciple that Jesus > loved is because of his reverence that he has for him. Just like the > writers of the DSS had for their leader the teacher of righteousness. > Also they are both called righteous! > > I also believe that the apostle Paul made a mistake when he said that > James Zebedee died and was replaced by another James, called the > lords brother. Because according to Josephus James the just died just > before the war between the Jews and the Romans, and so therefore this James > the lords brother is the cousin of Jesus, James Zebedee!
