the Essenes stick together, without
implying that they consider themselves non-Jewish.
Ken Penner, M.C.S. (Regent College), M.A. (McMaster)
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McMaster University
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to anticipate or correct the misconception that their
relative closeness implies a repudiation of their Jewishness or of all
other Jews, is he not?
Ken Penner, M.C.S. (Regent College), M.A. (McMaster)
Ph.D. Student, Religious Studies, Biblical Field (Early Judaism major)
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
]). On the various theories
as to the identification of the Kittim see Braverman (1978:117-18) and
Baker (1992:4:93).
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Ph.D. Student, Religious Studies, Biblical Field (Early Judaism major)
McMaster University Hamilton, Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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