For the Latest New Text Furor July 8, 2008
By bock - Posted on July 8th, 2008
No need to read down this entry. I am in Taiwan, but new postings on the supposed Resurrection text from the newly announced "Stone Dead Sea Scroll" are detailed on primetimejesus.com. There are multiple entires on it there.
Is this the portion of the text that is at issue? Am I being naive or is the supposed resurrection reference really this abstruse?
19. sanctity(?)\sanctify(?) Israel! In three days you shall know, that(?)\for(?) He said,
20. (namely,) yhwh the Lord of Hosts, the Lord of Israel: The evil broke (down)
21. before justice. Ask me and I will tell you what 22this bad 21plant is,
and
75. Three shepherds went out to?/of? Israel …[…].
76. If there is a priest, if there are sons of saints …[…]
77. Who am I(?), I (am?) Gabri'el the …(=angel?)… […]
78. You(?) will save them, …[…]…
79. from before You, the three si[gn]s(?), three …[….]
80. In three days …, I, Gabri'el …[?],
81. the Prince of Princes, …, narrow holes(?) …[…]…
82. to/for … […]… and the …
It is the second part of the text that is discussed. I have treated it in detail at primetimejesus.com. You are right. This is a stretch as is.
dlb
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