'n kleine blijde nachtboodschap: go{e}d voorbeeld


DOET GOED VOLGEN



The
author of
the Pesher understood
full well that the Romans would play
an important role in the history of the Jews,
and predicted quite accurately that
"the last priest of Yerushalayim,
who will accumulate riches and loot from plundering the nations"
will ultimately have their loot
"given into the hands of the army of the Kittim",
that is, the Romans: Pesher Chavakuk, then,
was composed prior to 63 BCE, when
Pompey conquered
Yerushalayim.

Some
scholars date
Pesher Chavakuk too early,
since they fail to notice that the text distinguishes between two historical eras:
that of the Teacher of Righteousness - which is referred to in past tense, and that of the Kittim -
referred to in future tense.

The Manual
of Discipline
is the sect's regulation,
while Hodayot is a collection of religious poetry,
and neither provides explicit references to the political reality of the day,
and so must be dated - among other tools -
their intellectual and doctrinal content ~
this content points to a relatively
late composition.

Among
other factors
leading to this conclusion
is the concilitory and irenic political tone of these texts,
which contrasts with the activism of the War Scroll, on the one hand,
but accords with Flavius Josephus's description
of Essenes as peace seekers,
on the other.

The Hodayot,
which are appended to the end of the Manual of Discipline,
contain innovative religious doctrines, unattested in the other Qumran texts:
therefore, the presumed order of composition would be:
the War Scroll {prior to 83 BCE},
Pesher Chavakuk {prior to 63 BCE},
Manual of Discipline, and Hodayot.
The Damascus Document is a bit knottier:
this is made up of two distinct compositions
that were united by a medieval copyist, so there is no assurance
that these two compositions were
originally produced at
the same
time.


Dit
bevestigt vermoedens
omtrent de gang
van zaken tussen 't "begin & einde"
van Qumran, EN, Yehoshua's unieke positie in zijn woorden & daden, "handel & wandel"
tussen "0" & de daaropvolgende '2000 jaar':
'de mensheid' probeert diverse wegen uit,
die dan misschien wel via Rome hebben geleid,
maar die onvermijdelijk uitmonden in globaal wereldburgerschap
en de daaraan verbonden rechten
van de mens!

HET
hoofdthema in
de komende jaren
blijft vooral de invulling van die
"berg~ & veldredes" van voor het jaar 30 v/d eerste eeuw:
'profetische rechtvaardigheid' niet meer als een utopie,
maar als onmisbaar deel van onze
komende werkelijkheid: the
future is
now
...
engel
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