P.S. I could address further claims in R. Gmirkin's latest post, and will, if seems useful.
And corroboration and coherence and chronological-suitability, for instance, are all among important aspects of worthy proposals. But I would like to state more clearly than I did before that the Qumran mss also offer some new information on history, including information not available already in, say, Josephus, and the other currently available sources--some things not previously known--and that Qumran texts also help illuminate some of those sources. best, Stephen Goranson _______________________________________________ g-Megillot mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.McMaster.CA/mailman/listinfo/g-megillot
