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Re: "Love" in the DSS
I strongly agree with David Suter's comment about 1QH, despite Alter and
others "low" view of these "sectarians," who lacked the "genius" of Jesus or
Hillel. B.S. I say. I just taught this text in depth (as much so as one can
do in translation) to my undergraduates and they were quite "blown away" with
it--we tried to get into the very matter David pinpoints--the inner
"psychology" or piety of the author/s. I find this document precious in
terms of what survives in antiquity--because of its very personal,
autobiographical quality.
James Tabor
UNC-Charlotte