Merely a note.
> The clincher, which your posting did not comment on - perhaps you
didn't
> fully understand this point - is that Sirach prays for a descendant of
Simon
> to always occupy the office of high priest, according to the covenant of
> Phineas.
'Covenant of Phineas' allusions are missed in the DSS, though they are
essential part of the Zealot movement from the very first moment on, ie with
its herald, Hezekiah the Galilean, 'robber captain' ?-47/6 BC and claimed
'father' of Judas the Sepphorean/Galilean.
Tot ziens.
Dierk
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