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Subject: orion-list Enochian Sects: Samaritan vs. Judah-ite
George wrote:
Jeremiah's discussion of the Rechabites [who elsewhere are
connecte
Dear Geoff,
Thanks for the questions. You write:
"1. Jehonadab son of Recab (2 Kings 10.15) was around before
the exile described in 2 Kings 17. So presumably the Rechabite lifestyle
was already in evidence."
Yep, according to the biblical editors. This could either
have some historicity to
More interesting items from Boccaccini's work, which
describe some of the factors towards the creation of
the Qumran community. The author believes the Qumran
community is an offshoot of the Essene movement, and
that the Enochian elements of the Essene movement considered
their priesthood much ol
Boccaccini, on page 142 of BEYOND THE ESSENE HYPOTHESIS
mentions a text that I had not encountered before:
Pages 141-142:
"In the Testaments the emphasis on human responsibility
reaches a degree of intensity that was unknown in the previous
Enochic tradition. The document signals an epochal cha
