Thought the Rechabites were as circumcised as the vine they erstwhile had avoided ;-)
Dierk - still under the table ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Brooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 11:46 PM Subject: Re: orion-list Definition of Essenes > I think it is rather far-fetched that the Suidas editor(s) deliberately > INVENTED the story of the Rechabite origins of the Essenes. > And using this little appreciated reference (in a text that is not > widely translated into English) as justification, it would no doubt > lead to some interesting findings to explore the possibility of > non-Judahite Essenes. > George For private reply, e-mail to "Dierk van den Berg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from Orion, e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: "unsubscribe Orion." Archives are on the Orion Web site, http://orion.mscc.huji.ac.il. (PLEASE REMOVE THIS TRAILOR BEFORE REPLYING TO THE MESSAGE)
