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Re: Essenes/Christians
On Wed, 13 Nov 1996 08:08:48 -0600 Jack Kilmon wrote:
>netzarim@netvision.net.il wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, 12 Nov 1996 14:22:35 -0500 (EST) Jim West wrote:
>> >That some of the documents use self designations such as "The community
of
>> >the new covenant" (!) is what causes me to wonder about a Christian
>> occupation.
>
> <snip>
>
> I'm not saying the idea
>> is impossible, just that we must require more definitive references to
>> Christianity in the DSS than merely this phrase to justify that idea.
>>
>
> The idea of references to "Christianity" in the DSS is an
anchronism.
>The immediate post-crucifixion Yeshuine Jews were not Christians. Their
>leader Ya'aqov ben Yosef (ha-tsedek) was not a Christian. This group,
>like
>Yeshua, were pious Jews. Evidence of a very possible close association
>between the Netzarim/Evyonim and the Assaya/Evyonim will not come from a
>sudden discovery of the Gospel of John in the DSS corpus. More likely
>would be a closer examination of the very JEWISH texts that the Netzarim
>held
>dear, like the "Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs" or the Wisdom
>literature.
>
>
>Jack Kilmon
>jpman@accesscomm.net
>
I think you're quite right, of course. I thought I'd just wait for the
"proof" of Christianity in the DSS to roll in. I expected an infinite
wait. (8-(})
Kol tuv,
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