Photo is a from the Book of Isaiah from the Dead Sea Scrolls on display in Jerusalem. (Source: Tara Todras-Whitehill/Associated Press)
A STATISTICAL IDENTITY
FOR THE TEACHER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
IN THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS
A paper by David A. Pardo
Abstract
More than sixty years of intensive research on the Dead Sea Scrolls have not yet yielded up a satisfactory identity for the mysterious Teacher of Righteousness. This paper claims the simplest yet most plausible argument so far for an identity. The results of a comprehensive inferential survey are first discussed, followed by the argument that the murdered Onias III is the first Teacher of Righteousness, the title being then transmitted where, unbeknownst to the Essenes, their last forecasted one or the “star” is Christ. The star’s “seed” finds expression in the papacy. The first Wicked Priest is identified as Menelaus where probably that epithet was also transmitted to the non-Zadokite high priesthood in Jerusalem. According to the hypothesis of this paper, the “scepter” or king was supposed to have installed the “star” and to have inaugurated the new age of Temple Zadokite/Essene high priests. The argument concludes with the introduction and relevance of new rules as promised by Jeremiah. The importance of these rules is briefly discussed for current Israeli foreign and domestic policy.
An enormous amount has been written about the Teacher of Righteousness (TR) in the Dead Sea Scrolls. A survey of recognized academic religion experts in North America was conducted in lieu of the traditional literature review. The methodology has distinct advantages. Aside from generating ideas, the approach can appraise relatively quickly whether there is any consensus of opinion. The list of suggested candidates can also be explored and argued more thoroughly by the experts. Since the out-of-pocket budget was limited to US$1000, I sampled the experts to arrive at a new composite theory. But, simply blindly tallying the degrees of popularity of a potential candidate obviously contains a flaw. There always exists the problem of group think. We find the classic one in the failure to recognize Joseph of Arimathea (the birthplace of Samuel) as Christ’s biological father. [14] And the question of the resurrection is not one of theological but practical necessity to attract attention.
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A STATISTICAL IDENTITY FOR THE TEACHER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS IN THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS
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This blog author suggests that the the Dead Sea Scrolls are a tool to predict the future and thus we have posted it here. Additional detailed information about the Dead Sea Scrolls can be obtained from the Wikipedia:
The Dead Sea Scrolls
“consist of roughly 800 documents”… “They are written in Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek, mostly on parchment, but with some written on papyrus”…
According to carbon dating and textual analysis, the documents were written at various times between the middle of the 2nd century BC and the 1st century AD. At least one document has a carbon date range of 21 BC–61 AD… Source
