Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>]

Dear Haverim, 

This discussion has been very interesting and certainly relevant to the
list. But please do NOT take it in the direction that James is going. I'm
not "faulting" James for his comment, but the possible connections between
the DSS and early Christianity is off limits for this list.
So keep discussing the use of Hebrew - I'm enjoying it a lot!


Kol Tuv,

Yigal Levin,

Co-moderator, B-Hebrew

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[mailto:b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of James Read
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Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] How Long was Hebrew a Living Language?


Yeah,

I think you're right David. There seems to have been quite a lot of  
this kind of thing. Too many conclusions from so little evidence. We  
basically have a library of manuscripts kept in a safe location. It  
could well have been just one very zealous individual hoping to keep  
the scrolls safe from some kind of disaster.

I think some have even suggested that this may have been an early  
Christian fleeing from a besieged Jerusalem that put the scrolls there  
in a safe place. Some of the texts even seem to have Christian ideas  
in them. Like the wicked priest and the righteous teacher. I know  
there is a lot of debate over who the wicked priest is and who the  
righteous teacher is but it has to be admitted that there are  
parallels to be found with Christian teachings.

James Christian