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Regarding the reconstruction of CD 14, Grindheim notes that: ... the reconstruction can be translated in different ways. In Garcia Martinez's rendering, the line reads, "[until there arises the messia]h of Aaron and Israel. And their iniquity will be atoned [through meal and sin-offerings].&quo...

Here's another interesting article (and video) from 8/4/16 called Temple Institute Opens School for Levite Priests in Preparation for Third Temple.

http://www.breakingisraelnews.com/73287 ... 6EiwcFz.97

BDJ, Thanks for the response. Apparently Martinez has another translation of CD 14.18-20 and that gave me the impression that the Messiah would pardon sins: And this is the exact interpretation by which [they shall be ruled] [until there arises the messiah] of Aaron and Israel. He shall atone for th...

However you understand or reconstruct CD 14.18-19, there are other arguable references to the coming of the Messiah in CD 7-8 (in interpretations of prophecies that are applied to Jesus in the NT): Then I will exile the Sikkut of your king and the Kiyyun of your images "away from the tents of D...

BDJ, But the document that has these four messianic passages is also the only DSS that mentions the new covenant in a place called Damascus. So the way I see it is that because this type of messianic expectation and way of living was part of a "new covenant," it was, well ... new, like the...

BDJ wrote: "And why present 'the prophets' as an example of suffering and compassion, and not even mention Jesus' crucifixion here?" I suspect that the relative "silence" about Jesus in the Letter of James is due to the fact that the DSS sect/Essenes/Jewish Christians kept their ...

We already know that James regarded Jesus as the Messiah because he calls him Christ in 1:1 and 2:1, and this is understood to mean the Messiah in the NT, e.g., Mk. 14:61, "Again the high priest asked him, 'Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?'" and Jn. 1:41, "We have found the...

Regarding possible messianism in James 5:7 (or whether "the Lord" refers to God or Jesus here), Cheung notes (pg. 249-250): However the word παρουσία ('coming,' 5:7) is never used in the LXX with reference to the coming of God or any divine figures. In the New Testament, the expression &qu...

I was hoping you would engage with me on the issue of the relationship between the DSS and Christianity and I wouldn't mind seeing the idea picked apart. I'm not invested in it, it just makes sense to me. I don't have a lot of time to respond at the moment (I was wrapping up my time at the library w...

The stand out songs on my first listen as I was typing away at the library earlier today were Looks Like Rain (it was raining outside when it was playing) and Black Peter, a song I don't really "like" but don't necessarily hate that I've never really known what to make of and isn't somethi...