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Re: orion-list Essenes, Zias article, etc.
On Thu, 9 Dec 1999 10:19:37 EST, RLWinnetka@aol.com writes:
>In a message dated 99-12-09 06:03:48 EST, Stephen Goranson wrote:
><< Dear Leo Abrami,
[... snip ... noted ...]
>... ...I drew attention to the fact that a number of the Copper Scroll
>treasures are about the same size (based on Dr. Lefkovits's calculation of
>their weights) as hoards of shekels of the period 30 B.C.E. - 70 C.E.
>discovered in Israel. In fact, one of the treasures corresponds fairly
>closely with a known coin hoard, in size and location.
Thank you for giving us advance notice of your conclusions. I've
suspected the "ground' will tell us a lot more about Qumran when
the work of the last fity years has been properly sifted.
>My conclusions are (1) the Copper Scroll is an authentic record of treasures
>already buried and (2) the amount of treasure claimed to have been concealed
>(undoubtedly greatly exaggerated in some cases, at least) could only have
>come from the Temple, and was far beyond the means of the Qumran
>sectarians/Essenes. A hoard of shekels was found at Qumran, but it is a tiny
>fraction of the total Copper Scroll treasures (and is not one of them).
Although putting up on a Web an accepted Journal article is
supposedly "not done", this information, revealed once reviewed,
might have shortened our sometimes unfounded public analyses of
issues.
>
>Robert D. Leonard Jr.
>Winnetka, IL
Tom Simms
SAINT JOHN, N. B.
For private reply, e-mail to Tom Simms <tsimms@mailserv.nbnet.nb.ca>
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