Fragments of the Book of Nehemiah Found in Qumran Cave 4 Material

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   haibane13 on May 17, 2012 at 12:28 am

   awesome

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   blop2008 on May 17, 2012 at 5:06 pm

   Ah, now that’s an interesting discovery.

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   Shai on May 18, 2012 at 10:01 am

   Michael,
   Do you know which parts of Nehemiah the fragments feature? Do the fragments represent a significant part of the book, or are do they only contain enough words and phrases to tell that they come from Nehemiah?

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     MSH on May 19, 2012 at 4:29 pm

     Nope – don’t know yet.

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   John Stuart on May 19, 2012 at 8:34 pm

   Dear Sir/Madam

   I have come across a certain scholar called Rachel Elior she thinks that the sons of Zadok banished by the Syrians overlords from the Temple of Jerusalem.

   Can you please date the Book of Nehemiah and in comparison with Book of Esther.

   Also can you date the sect of Essene to the end of Babylonian conquest.

   The date for the Essene sect is described in Damascus Document is 390 years to 604 BC.

   The Feast of the Purim also associated with Greek custom is it possible that Menelaus a furious anger towards Onias III the Teacher of Righteousness or stagger.

   From

   John Stuart

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     MSH on May 21, 2012 at 7:12 pm

     The first sentence is a fragment (incomplete thought), so I’m not sure what the point was. On the others, this information is widely available via either Google or Google Scholar. Elior is a good scholar, so she is no doubt conversant with the material and that’s where she comes down. Not all scholars would agree, though.

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   John Stuart on July 20, 2012 at 4:19 am

   Dear MSH

   Just to reply your answer. I wanted to make a another point to you

   Was Jason the founder of Sadducees if so his brother Onias III has to be founder of Essenes.

   Did the word Essene came from Hesed a hebrew name?

   Many thanks

   John Stuart

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     MSH on July 21, 2012 at 8:35 pm

     I don’t have any opinion on this (I don’t really care). I’m also not sure what it has to do with the post. I don’t see how “Essene” could come from hesed, though.

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   John Stuart on October 11, 2012 at 3:32 am

   Dear MSH

   Do you have any information on Simon III and Onias III?

   Many thanks

   John Stuart

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     MSH on October 13, 2012 at 10:08 am

     not sitting around, but you’d find that sort of thing in dozens of reference works. I’d recommend Schurer’s set (it’s available in digital form in Logos – great for searching, but here is the Amazon hard copy link):

     http://www.amazon.com/History-Jewish-People-Jesus-Christ/dp/1565630491/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1350151595&sr=1-1&keywords=jewish+people+shurer

     Here are some others:

     http://www.amazon.com/From-Maccabees-Mishnah-Second-Edition/dp/0664227430/ref=pd_sim_b_4

     http://www.amazon.com/Tradition-History-Second-Rabbinic-Judaism/dp/0881253723/ref=pd_sim_b_2

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   John Stuart on March 5, 2013 at 8:50 pm

   Hi MSH

   Is it possible that Onias is the Master of the Essenes?

   Is Onias III founder of Qumran community?

   Was the Essene founded at 214 BCE at the time of Simon the Just father of Onias III?

   Many thanks

   John Stuart