the early morning rain: we slept in the windy city



Flavius
[see Yodfat/Jotapata
around 66 when he was almost 30 years old!]
Josephus too recounts
- in an almost precise parallel -
that the Essene swears
'to keep his hands from stealing and his soul pure from unholy gain'
{BJ 2.141}!

But he
[clever as ever!]
omits to mention that they abstain from revolutionary activity
only for a limited time -
'until the day of vengeance!'
 {1QS}?!

This
demand to
acquiesce to those
wielding worldly power has
ramifications for one's personal behavior:
not only must one abstain from violence toward them,
it is necessary to obey their political and economic demands!

'In this time,'
the Manual of Discipline enjoins
'everlasting hatred for the men of the pit [Hades/Gehinnom/Hell] in clandestine spirit.
To them he should leave goods and hand-made items like a servant to his master and like one oppressed before someone domineering him. He should be a man enthusiastic for the decree
and for its time, for the day of revenge. He should perform [G d's] will in all that his hand should tackle and in all that he controls, as he commanded'
{1QS 9-21}!

Following
the failure
of the activist
approach, the hatred of
the men of the pit - the very people who are to be destroyed in the approaching day of vengance -
is buried under the facade of the absolute subjugation
fitting of slaves!

Opmerkelijke
posities dus als je ze naast elkaar plaatst
als [o.a.] collaborerende Sadduceeen & invloedrijke Farizeeen,
sectarische Essenen, Zeloten, Herodianen, Romeinen, Grieken, Arabieren, legioensoldaten [zo'n beetje als eerste 'vreemdelingenlegioen' of UN~soldiers?!], Yochanan de Doper & 'uiteindelijk' ook in die 'laatste' {?} drie jaar Yehosjoea haNatsri aka ha-Masjiach
[of hoe je hem ook maar zou willen betitelen
& nader omschrijven!]?

Minstens
tien [waarschijnlijk
nog veel meer] mogelijke & onmogelijke posities
onder steeds krankzinniger Romeinse keizers, grondstoffen & gladiatoren,
olympische spelen & hongersnoden, natuurrampen, culture~clashes & psychedelic flashes:
't leek achteraf gezien wel wat op "onze
jaren zestig van de vorige eeuw" toen
ook alles overal overhoop
werd gegooid door
'de internationale
situaties'?!

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