With all due respect, Joe, your conclusions appear to far exceedyour
supportingevidence.
(1) If there were Essenes at Qumran, it is most likely they were there in
the capacity of agricultural workers. The Essenes are characterized as
agriculturalists in all theprimary Greeksources,
1. Several papers read at the Brown conference, which I attended, made
unreliable assertions. Several papers in the Brown volume make uneliable
assertions. Some of the papers contradict one another. Nothing from the Brown
conference and volume seriously refuted Essene presence at Qumran.
2.
1. Russell proposed than Dio meant Jericho as the Essene place. But
Pliny writes
separately of Jericho and the Essene area. Isn't is simpler to consider that
Dio, Pliny, and Solinus all refered to the same Essene place? (I.e.
Qumran/Feshkha.)
2. Robert Feather was at the Brown conference, but
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1. Several papers read at the Brown conference, which I attended, made
unreliable assertions. Several papers in the
