Re: orion-list Goranson on Pliny

: The Manuscript Tradition (1988, John Sharpe, ed.), pages 9-33. best, Stephen Goranson [EMAIL PROTECTED] For private reply, e-mail to Stephen Goranson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from Orion, e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED

orion-list 63 BCE deposit proposal: comment and a question

occured and were written in ink on Qumran mss in particular years before 63 BCE? best, Stephen Goranson For private reply, e-mail to Stephen Goranson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from Orion, e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: orion-list Pharisaic texts

--and that Qumran does not represent the full range of viewpoints within late Second Temple Judaism. For a good discussion and bibliography, I recommend Pharisees by Al Baumgarten in Encyclopedia of the DSS (Oxford, 2000). best, Stephen Goranson Dear All, A frequent statement in the literature

orion-list Dio (trans. Kamesar) on Qumran Essene polis; gens; etc.

. best, Stephen Goranson [EMAIL PROTECTED] For private reply, e-mail to Stephen Goranson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from Orion, e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: unsubscribe Orion. Archives are on the Orion Web site

Re: orion-list Identity of sect of the Qumran texts

as Sadducees. The Wicked Priest is not presented as a member of the yahad, nor is any explusion from the yahad mentioned. best, Stephen Goranson For private reply, e-mail to Stephen Goranson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from Orion, e

orion-list difference of opinion on paleographic dating and 63 BCE

my comments). If I can help, for example, with bibliography, let me know. I hope we can get back to more constructive threads on orion. best, Stephen Goranson [EMAIL PROTECTED] For private reply, e-mail to Stephen Goranson [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: orion-list Jeroboam/ CD 7 -- and names

. I'm all for more commentary on CD and other texts, but, please, represent past scholarship more carefully than simplistic view. best, Stephen Goranson For private reply, e-mail to Stephen Goranson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe

Re: QUM: Re: orion-list Further on Pliny, Essenes, Judaism

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orion-list P.S.

Description turned name--happens every day. Crazy Horse. Pee-Wee. Joe Isuzu (sp?). Red. best S. Craft Goranson For private reply, e-mail to Stephen Goranson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from Orion, e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: orion-list Essenes

. best wishes, Stephen Goranson For private reply, e-mail to Stephen Goranson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from Orion, e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: unsubscribe Orion. Archives are on the Orion Web site, http

Re: orion-list proposed etymology

Dictionary, Encyclopedia of the DSS, Eerdman's Dic. of the Bible. Oxford Enc of Archaeology in the NE, etc. and others, including fine scholars (they can speak for themselves), have told me they find it either persuasive or the best of the available proposals. Stephen Goranson [EMAIL PROTECTED

orion-list Essenes

specialist) would care to write on orion, he can be invited to say whether he denies that Josephus used written sources on Essenes. sincerely, best, Stephen Goranson For private reply, e-mail to Stephen Goranson [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: orion-list diverse responses and suggestions offered(Essenes; sources; e...

--submitters in general? Friends--all friends? Mandaean Natsrayya, observants. Shomerim as keepers of torah in truth. Sampsaeans. Yahad, Essene community (from the Hebrew for the number one), and ... hatorah 'osey hayahad best, Stephen Goranson [EMAIL PROTECTED] For private reply, e-mail

orion-list diverse responses and suggestions offered (Essenes; sources; etc.)

does that? How shall we translate 1QS 8.3 (published versions vary; cf DSS After 50)? How shall we translate 4Q177 5-7 18 [(C]T HTWRH (WY HYXD ? Best wishes, Stephen Goranson For private reply, e-mail to Stephen Goranson [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: orion-list Doing the law/Essenes (fwd)

, etc.--a big database. For detailed listing of sources, see the guide book, pp. 149ff. Also, the collocation is absent in Hebrew Bible. Stephen Goranson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ...again, in Materials for the Historical Dictionary of the Hebrew Language till c.200 CE, 'osey hatorah appears nowhere

Re: orion-list Scroll jars

Perhaps it may be that by the time the bedouin found Cave Eleven people like Kando knew they could sell not only scrolls but also "scroll jars." Stephen Goranson For private reply, e-mail to Stephen Goranson [EMAIL

Re: orion-list Essenes at Qumran: A Reality Check

sion, is the history of scholarship, because that may help to explain some declarations of "impossibility." best, Stephen Goranson [EMAIL PROTECTED] For private reply, e-mail to Stephen Goranson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscrib

orion-list R. Altman: Essenes _could not_ have been at Qumran (was: GuiltyCorpses, etc.)

6th-century origin.) There is plenty more to learn about Essenes and Qumran; perhaps we can agree on that. It may be useful to learn some of the sources of support for the assertion that Essenes "_could not_ have been at Qumran." best, Stephen Goranson [EMAIL PROTECTED] [excerpt