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RE: question



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This seems to indicate that in a sacerdotal wing of Judaism,
in the third century or early second century, there were people
who held a 364 days' calendar, dualism of light and dark, two
spirits etc. The particular range of sectarian language of the
undisputedly Qumran documents is missing. These documents are
all three in Aramaic.

I would appreciate any other evidence net members may have
about this pre-Qumran sectarianism.

Michael Stone
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No evidence, but if my hypothesis regarding the development of Nouveau- 
Tz'dokim (pop. Sadducees) and Qumran- Tz'dokim (as well as the P'rushim) 
from a common earlier Khasiydim is correct, their common origin would help 
to explain why we keep finding common themes despite the sectarian 
differences.

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Yirmiyahu Ben-David, Pakiyd 16
K'hiylat Ha-N'tzarim
(World-wide Congregation of Nazarene Jews)

N'tzarim Virtual Community Center in
Ra'anana, Israel at
www.netvision.net.il/~netzarim
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