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What were the challenges facing the men of the Yahad ['de armen & eenvoudigen van geest'] in those days? They delved deeply into the question of mankind, its natural baseness and the glory that G d
gracefully sets upon it. There emerged from within the Community the spiritual doctrine of man's election through divine grace, a doctrine that kas so far been found only in the hymn appended to the Manual of Discipline and in the humns of the Hodayot.
To be sure, the doctrine of man's inherent impurity & election through divine grace is found only in liturgical texts.
But this does not mean that the doctrine is limited to this genre, since the Manual of Discipline contains extended theological discussions, while the
War Scroll contains numerous liturgical passages.
It appears, then, that the doctrine is absent from the scrolls published thus far simply because it had not yet been formulated at the time of their composition?!
Anyway, the dualistic doctrine of Qumran asserted that there is a unity between the good and the pure,
on the one hand, & between the evil and the impure, on the other. The spirits of light engender 'generous
compassion with all the sons of truth, of magnificent purity which detest all unclean idols', while to the spirit
of deceit belong 'appalling acts performed in a lustful passion of impurity & sin in the service of impurity'.
The same identification of impurity & sin is heard in the words of the War Scroll:
"Accursed be all the spirits
of [Belial's] lot for their wicked plan, may they be damned for their deeds of filthy uncleanness".
LIKE MOST APOCALYPTIC THINKERS, THE MEMBERS OF THE QUMRAN COMMUNITY BELIEVED THAT THE PRE-SENT DAYS ARE GOVERNED BY THE FORCES OF DECEIT, OR, TO USE THEIR DUALISTIC PHRASEOLOGY, THE
CURRENT ERA IS
"all the days of Belial's dominion"!
In light of this, the Manual of Discipline concludes, that if the world is currently under the dominion of Belial and his lot - the source of all impurity - then the world itself is in the realm of impurity.
The world
"has been defiled in paths of wickedness during the dominion of injustice until the time appointed for the judgment decided".
Even mankind itself has thus been defiled in sin by the dominion of Belial, and will be restored only in the end of days, when the rule of evil is abolished.
"Then G d will refine, with his truth, all man's deeds, & will purify for himself the
structure of man, ripping out all spirit of injustice from the innermost part of his flesh, and cleansing him with the spirit of holiness from every wicked deed. He will sprinkle over him the spirit of truth like lustral water (in order to cleanse him) from all the abhorrences of deceit and [from] the defilement of the unclean
soirit".
Thus it is clear that the purification of the Yahad in the "waters of uncleanness" is tied to purification from sin [see Yeshayahu 1:16 & Yechezkel 36:25]!
"He should not go into the waters to share in the pure food of the men of holiness, for one is not cleansed unless one turns away from one's wickedness, for he is unclean among all the transgressors of his word".
{For my 'instinctive' feeling Yehoshua has been part of the Yahad at least for some time during his first thirty years of existence, even though in his last three years he clearly differs as much from them as from the other groups like Sadducees, Pharisees, Zealots, Samaritans & different kinds of 'Essenes'!}
[Die overeenkomsten & verschillen geven juist kleur aan al die overgeleverde verhaaltjes via Sjapo & "Euangelisten": zendbrieven & agitpropgelijkenissen zijn me ietwat te 'eenzijdig', 'pushy', 'monomaan',
'simplistisch':
onmisbaar in 't geheel net als al die andere brokstukjes van her & der voor & na 't 'jaar nul',
maar beslist niet 'alleenzaligmakend'.]
Geef mij de smalle weg maar die een ieder van ons
toch uiteindelijk zal moeten gaan onafhankelijk
van de groepen waarin we al of niet
zijn geboren &/of
grootgebracht.
Bejaardenbedtijd!
Slaap zacht, droom
zoet & tell us all
about it if you
really want to
do so
...
gracefully sets upon it. There emerged from within the Community the spiritual doctrine of man's election through divine grace, a doctrine that kas so far been found only in the hymn appended to the Manual of Discipline and in the humns of the Hodayot.
To be sure, the doctrine of man's inherent impurity & election through divine grace is found only in liturgical texts.
But this does not mean that the doctrine is limited to this genre, since the Manual of Discipline contains extended theological discussions, while the
War Scroll contains numerous liturgical passages.
It appears, then, that the doctrine is absent from the scrolls published thus far simply because it had not yet been formulated at the time of their composition?!
Anyway, the dualistic doctrine of Qumran asserted that there is a unity between the good and the pure,
on the one hand, & between the evil and the impure, on the other. The spirits of light engender 'generous
compassion with all the sons of truth, of magnificent purity which detest all unclean idols', while to the spirit
of deceit belong 'appalling acts performed in a lustful passion of impurity & sin in the service of impurity'.
The same identification of impurity & sin is heard in the words of the War Scroll:
"Accursed be all the spirits
of [Belial's] lot for their wicked plan, may they be damned for their deeds of filthy uncleanness".
LIKE MOST APOCALYPTIC THINKERS, THE MEMBERS OF THE QUMRAN COMMUNITY BELIEVED THAT THE PRE-SENT DAYS ARE GOVERNED BY THE FORCES OF DECEIT, OR, TO USE THEIR DUALISTIC PHRASEOLOGY, THE
CURRENT ERA IS
"all the days of Belial's dominion"!
In light of this, the Manual of Discipline concludes, that if the world is currently under the dominion of Belial and his lot - the source of all impurity - then the world itself is in the realm of impurity.
The world
"has been defiled in paths of wickedness during the dominion of injustice until the time appointed for the judgment decided".
Even mankind itself has thus been defiled in sin by the dominion of Belial, and will be restored only in the end of days, when the rule of evil is abolished.
"Then G d will refine, with his truth, all man's deeds, & will purify for himself the
structure of man, ripping out all spirit of injustice from the innermost part of his flesh, and cleansing him with the spirit of holiness from every wicked deed. He will sprinkle over him the spirit of truth like lustral water (in order to cleanse him) from all the abhorrences of deceit and [from] the defilement of the unclean
soirit".
Thus it is clear that the purification of the Yahad in the "waters of uncleanness" is tied to purification from sin [see Yeshayahu 1:16 & Yechezkel 36:25]!
"He should not go into the waters to share in the pure food of the men of holiness, for one is not cleansed unless one turns away from one's wickedness, for he is unclean among all the transgressors of his word".
{For my 'instinctive' feeling Yehoshua has been part of the Yahad at least for some time during his first thirty years of existence, even though in his last three years he clearly differs as much from them as from the other groups like Sadducees, Pharisees, Zealots, Samaritans & different kinds of 'Essenes'!}
[Die overeenkomsten & verschillen geven juist kleur aan al die overgeleverde verhaaltjes via Sjapo & "Euangelisten": zendbrieven & agitpropgelijkenissen zijn me ietwat te 'eenzijdig', 'pushy', 'monomaan',
'simplistisch':
onmisbaar in 't geheel net als al die andere brokstukjes van her & der voor & na 't 'jaar nul',
maar beslist niet 'alleenzaligmakend'.]
Geef mij de smalle weg maar die een ieder van ons
toch uiteindelijk zal moeten gaan onafhankelijk
van de groepen waarin we al of niet
zijn geboren &/of
grootgebracht.
Bejaardenbedtijd!
Slaap zacht, droom
zoet & tell us all
about it if you
really want to
do so
...
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