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The driving force behind the War Scroll and its military plans was the ideological commitment of an apoca-lyptic mind. This would be the war to end all wars. The two camps facing off in battle are, in fact, the two factions into which "G d" has divided the world. The "Sons of Light," the Qumranites, will fight the Sons of
Darkness, with absolute victory to the former. Then there will dawn "a time of salvation for the nation of G d and a period of rule for all men of his lot, and the everlasting destruction for all the lot of Belial" {1QM 1.5}. Indeed, the entire cosmos will participate in the war, and the Sons of Light will receive succor from heavenly forces, "for this will be the day determined by him since ancient times for the war of exterminati-on against the sons of darkness. On this (day), the assembly of G d and the congregation of men shall confront each other for great destruction. The sons of light and the lot of darkness shall battle together for
G d's might, between the roar of a huge multitude and the shout of gods and of men" {1QM 1.10-11} ...

The confidence of the author that "the poor whom you save" will be able "to fell the hordes of Belial" {1QM
11.8-9} is, then, based on two factors. First, the belief that the entire war is part of G d's plan ~ for "since ancient time you determined the day of the great battle ... to ecterminate all the sons of darkness" {1QM 13.14-16}. And second, the expected assistance of the heavenly hosts, headed by "the majestic angel of the kingdom, Micha'el" {1QM 17.6}. The War Scroll, then, is an admixture of apocalyptic visions and sober
military strategy; a cosmic victory is assured the Community by its advanced war tactics. This combination of mythical doctrines and Realpolitik considerations, which allowed the author to plan the war to the most minute details, is not sui generic. To the contrary, this is the typical ideology of Jewish messia-nic movements, as well as various medieval sectarian movements ~ an ideology that on occasion succee-ded in pushing its adherents into actual war (as with the Hussites and the German peasants). As far as we know, however, the Qumran community never tried to carry out the plans of the War Scroll!?

Dat moge zo zijn, maar dat neemt niet weg dat we 'ever since' dergelijke vormen van ideologie kunnen tegenkomen over de hele bekende wereld. Reagans 'evil empire' & Johnsons 'great society', de vijanden
in al hun koude en hete oorlogen strevend naar dominantie op alle [on]denkbare manieren. De joodse, christelijke & islamitische sekten met hun 'heilige {zielige} oorlogen', 'kruistochten' & 'kleine jihads', Chinese, Ko-reaanse & Japanse 'zonnerijken', 't streven naar suprematie, economische & militaire oorlogsvoering met het idee van diverse 'ueber- & untermenschen' die 'alles geoorloofd is' in de naam van diverse afgoden!

Wat is uiteindelijk als puntjes bij paaltjes komen 't verschil met 'n vol pinkstereuangelisme met atoom-
koppen & -knoppen, achterdochtige biologische banale/criminele/chemische complotten & de schuld geven
aan 'de' Marokkanen/barbaren/Berbers of wat voor angstwekkende groepen dan ook? Wie de pet past ...

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