Something occurred to me while discussing the historicity of the tomb burial
of Jesus on another list. The issue was the timing and purity issue of
removing a corpse to a place of entombment near or on sabbath or a festival
like Pesach without defiling oneself. It occurred to me that non-Jews c
I recall that the Hasmoneans claimed to be 'from the class of Jojarib' -
that is the 1st (thus clearly Zadokite) class of the Mishmarot acc. to the
DSS calendar.
There is no clue for rejection of such a claim to be found in the known
sources.
Dierk
Nb Don't worry, Greg. The coarse shredder is
As I recall Schiffman's book, Reclaiming the Dead Sea Scrolls, has a
section on women at Qumran.
Russell Gmirkin
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What are some of the most significant books dealing with the question of
women at Qumran?
Ken Penner, M.C.S. (Regent College), M.A. (McMaster)
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Vocabulary Memorisation Sof
First, Greg, good luck on your upcoming defence of _4Q Pesher Nahum. A
Critical Edition_.
As Peter wrote, it does seem certain that the Oniads were considered
Zadokites, (especially on evidence of ben Sirach), but - siding with Greg
here - I don't see any evidence that the Hasmoneans we
