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Is it clear that the Teacher of Righteousness is a figure of the past or present known to the author, rather than an idealized figure or possibly a figure hoped for?

John2, it is out of my hands. It is not a matter of what I or you "want."

Because the Teacher and Priest are securely dated before 1 CE, a first-century CE scenario for them is simply excluded.

Whether you, John2, find any pre-first century proposal about the Teacher and the Priest to your liking is a separate question than whether a first century CE setting for those two is plausible. A first century CE setting for that Teacher and that Priest is excluded. Because facts. You don't have t...

Whether you, John2, find any pre-first century proposal about the Teacher and the Priest to your liking is a separate question than whether a first century CE setting for those two is plausible.

A first century CE setting for that Teacher and that Priest is excluded.
Because facts.

Then let's hear some first century BCE ideas (besides Goranson's, which doesn't work for me) I'm all ears. Of all the first century BCE ideas I've heard, spin's Onias the Righteous theory intrigues me the most and I would love to see it fleshed out in more detail (here or in another thread) in the w...

In this case, on DSS date ranges, I agree with spin and the vast majority of DSS scholars* and scientists. And there have been additional C14 tests and publications--and also more tests, some even older than previous estimates,** only partly published so far--since that 2000 book reporting a 1997 co...

... first century CE. But, in view of this thread, is it correct to say that you, John2, do claim that all Qumran texts that mention the Teacher of Righteousness and/or the Wicked Priest are all from the first century CE? Yes. I do think the DSS that mention the Teacher fit a first century CE context. ...

... first century CE. But, in view of this thread, is it correct to say that you, John2, do claim that all Qumran texts that mention the Teacher of Righteousness and/or the Wicked Priest are all from the first century CE? Yes. I do think the DSS that mention the Teacher fit a first century CE context. ...

... first century CE. But, in view of this thread, is it correct to say that you, John2, do claim that all Qumran texts that mention the Teacher of Righteousness and/or the Wicked Priest are all from the first century CE? Yes. I do think the DSS that mention the Teacher fit a first century CE context. ...

... first century CE. But, in view of this thread, is it correct to say that you, John2, do claim that all Qumran texts that mention the Teacher of Righteousness and/or the Wicked Priest are all from the first century CE? Yes. I do think the DSS that mention the Teacher fit a first century CE context.