Rohm 2/17
Well, yes, they were. But the difference between the Qumran sect and the
"Christians" was that they did not follow Paul's pagan-influenced teachings
of a Christ/Messiah being a divine redeemer. Rather, they believed the
Christ was what Judaism taught - a God-favoured king who would save the
Jews from Gentile persecution and destroy the Roman Empire's grip on the
Jews, and make Israel its own country again, under the rule of this
offspring of David. Thus, the Qumran would possibly have copies of a piece
of the Gospel of Mark, or something similar, since Mark is dated the
earliest amongst the Gospels and is the one that was not smoothed over in
certain areas by later followers of Paul, unlike Matthew and Luke and most
especially, John.
> Ciao.
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> Michael Fisher, ET1/SS USN ret., lawstudent
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-- Et in Arcadia Ego...Michael Rohm -[E-Mail]- jim.morrison@montego.com -[WWW]- http://www.montego.com/~jim
"The fact is that far more crime and child abuse has been committed by zealots in the name of God, Jesus and Mohammed than has ever been committed in the name of Satan. Many people don't like that statement, but few can argue with it." - Kenneth V. Lanning, Supervisory Special Agent at the Behavioral Science Institution and Research Unit of the FBI Academy (from Carl Sagan's, The Demon-Haunted World)
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