Re: substitute sanctuary - Qumran

On Mar 25, 5:26 pm, "Tom McDonald" <kilt...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
...
OK. Here's my comment:

If you can't take the time to tell us what some of the competing
hypotheses to Thiering's are, in a specific archaeological issue, you
have no business asking an archaeological ng to pay any attention
whatsoever to you.

Fair enough?

Not really, but perhaps we can compromise.

I made a quick check of Google Scholar and Google Web using KEYWORDS -
Qumran "substitute sanctuary",
surprisingly coming up blank. Yet, I uncovered our 2004
correspondence on sci.archaeology in Thread "Public
told one untruth after another about the Dead Sea Scrolls" -

"Since you seem to be into this deeply, perhaps you could assist
the discussion by presenting one issue at a time, with both
(all?) sides of the issue as you know it, including references.

Tom McDonald"

Thus, a strong intuition suggests that Dr. Thiering is the only
scholar in the world to consider
Qumran as a substitute sanctuary. Also, my hope to get new
information from sci.archaeology
newsgroupers or yourself to satisfy my curiosity is doomed to failure
because you all do not know.
I regard this barrier as non-trivial and substantial.

For your consideration, I suggest archaeologists should go beyond just
the archaeological data,
important as that is, to inform themselves on historical background
140 BC - 68 AD, DSS, NT,
and early Christian literature, apocryphal, gnostic, and patristic
etc.

So, I propose we collaborate on initial Qumran, its origins - 140 BC
afterwards. What is the archaeology that
speaks to it? You might know some sources/references while I have the
other non-archaeological background to offer. Then, if other people
get interested, they will contribute as well to productive
conversation so that we all can learn something new from one another.

Please think it over.

Here is my thought without citing sources - From OT times God had said
the
Jerusalem Temple was the only true worship. When the Essene priests
were
exiled 140 BC to Qumran, they justified their separate worship by
invoking the
concept of Holy Spirit. Soon, their ranks were swollen by laypeople
who gave
them tithes, which kept them alive in harsh conditions.

Non-responsive. In fact, a complete non sequitur.

Please take in a new perspective that allows the archaeologist to
factor in the contents
of the Dead Sea Scrolls etc. into his work.


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