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Archaeologists Challenge Link Between Dead Sea Scrolls and Ancient Sect
NY Times ^
| August 15, 2006
| JOHN NOBLE WILFORD
Posted on 08/15/2006 5:09:35 AM PDT by Pharmboy
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Interesting...
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posted on
08/15/2006 5:09:37 AM PDT
by
Pharmboy
To: blam; SunkenCiv; aculeus
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posted on
08/15/2006 5:10:23 AM PDT
by
Pharmboy
(Democrats lie because they must)
To: Pharmboy
Fascinating stuff. Bump for later reading.
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posted on
08/15/2006 5:11:05 AM PDT
by
jalisco555
("Dogs look up to us, cats look down on us and pigs treat us as equals" Winston Churchill)
To: Pharmboy
It had been a pottery factory Maybe that's why they hid them there. The Romans would not bother looting/rummaging through 18,000 pottery jars...
To: Pharmboy
There are theories that as Jesus traveled and honed his message for the world, he lived briefly with the Essenes. Some of their writings discuss "the enlightened one."
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posted on
08/15/2006 5:17:18 AM PDT
by
Tulsa Ramjet
("If not now, when?")
To: Pharmboy
To: Tulsa Ramjet
There are theories that as Jesus traveled and honed his message for the world, he lived briefly with the Essenes. Some of their writings discuss "the enlightened one." The Essenes were apostate Jews.
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posted on
08/15/2006 5:21:56 AM PDT
by
fortheDeclaration
(Am I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth? (Gal.4:16))
To: Tulsa Ramjet
"...honed his message..."
Yeah, right.
To: AmericaUnited
Excellent thought...makes sense.
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posted on
08/15/2006 5:23:32 AM PDT
by
Pharmboy
(Democrats lie because they must)
To: Pharmboy
"Sparticus, it's just a bunch of heavy worthless pots... let's go."
To: Pharmboy
Monks made distilled spirits to support their monestary.
How about Essenes making pottery to support their enclave?
Study and Industry are not mutually exclusive.
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posted on
08/15/2006 5:34:02 AM PDT
by
bert
(K.E. N.P. Keep watch for the Mahdi...... he's coming on 22 August!!)
To: Pharmboy
...that Qumran had nothing to do with the Essenes or a monastery or the scrolls. It had been a pottery factory. A pottery factory? There? Way up on a mesa (transportation cost + related breakage) and so far from its customer base down in the villages and cities...and its competitors for said customers??
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posted on
08/15/2006 5:48:37 AM PDT
by
yankeedame
("Oh, I can take it but I'd much rather dish it out.")
To: fortheDeclaration
The Jews themselves were apostate, as evidenced by John the Baptist and Jesus preaching. Matt 21:24 And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things. 25 The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him? 26 But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet. 27 And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
The Jews had lost authority and sound doctrine.
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posted on
08/15/2006 5:54:06 AM PDT
by
carumba
(The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made. Groucho)
To: bert
Agreed. That may also explain why Jesus referred to pottery several times in his teaching. Referring to his people as clay that is formed by the potters hands and as vessels to be used as God wills.
To: Pharmboy
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posted on
08/15/2006 5:55:29 AM PDT
by
redgolum
("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
To: All
The Essenes also followed very strict ritual purifying practices (including frequent bathing), so I am not surprised at all to find that there was a great system of water supply.
To: yankeedame
I think you have some good points as far as customers. This is not a resort area, unless you go to Death Valley on vacation.
I don't agree that Qumran is on a mesa though, it didn't seem like it was much higher than the road that ran along the Dead Sea.
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posted on
08/15/2006 6:01:17 AM PDT
by
Recon Dad
(Marine Spec Ops Dad)
To: Pharmboy
Just when you think you've got some ancient history down pat, here come some smarty pants archeolgists with another--and maybe better--theory.
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posted on
08/15/2006 6:02:40 AM PDT
by
wildbill
To: wildbill
This is how academic careers are made...
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posted on
08/15/2006 6:08:32 AM PDT
by
Knitting A Conundrum
(Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
To: AmericaUnited
Yeah, and Vito Corleone ran an olive oil import store in Little Italy.
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posted on
08/15/2006 6:09:44 AM PDT
by
BaBaStooey
(I heart Emma Caulfield.)
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