You certainly can’t say that about Time!
True. And the topic is over my head as far as actual understanding of the issues. But i do know 3 things for sure.
1) Flavius Josephus, with both Roman and Jewish roots, wrote a book, “The Jewish War” shortly after the war. He described many Jewish factions, of which the Esseines were one.
2) “Time” has a reputation for dishonesty and anti-Christianity.
3) The person saying Josephus utterly lied and made it all up, is a controversial scholar, in a field and geographical location where dishonesty about antiquity is the *rule*, for numerous modern political and religious reasons. And her personal religion would benefit by negating the dead sea scrolls.
Those three facts make this,,,, suspect.