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This is explained in CD ("God had said, ‘Their wine is venom of snakes, the cruel poison of vipers’ (Deut 32:33). vac The ‘snakes’ are the kings of the Gentiles ["peoples"], vac and ‘their wine’ is their customs "). "Poison" is then used to describe the head of the kin...

... there is also a reference to the "princes of Judah" here too, so are we dealing with multiple groups of kings or just one, and I think it's just one (the Herodians, but in any event, just one group of kings). However, titles "princes" or "a king" don't have to mean...

... he cares for sinful men estranged from him.uz But God uses persuasion, never force. 123 His punishments are always an expression of his love and righteousness) 24 The fire of his judgement hereafter is not devouring but discerning, purging away all defilement from our souls in a purification ...

... there is also a reference to the "princes of Judah" here too, so are we dealing with multiple groups of kings or just one, and I think it's just one (the Herodians, but in any event, just one group of kings). However, titles "princes" or "a king" don't have to mean...

Regarding "kings of the peoples" and "kings of Greece," there is also a reference to the "princes of Judah" here too, so are we dealing with multiple groups of kings or just one, and I think it's just one (the Herodians, but in any event, just one group of kings). CD 8....

... if the DSS that mention the Teacher are Fourth Philosophic writings ... Weren't members of Fourth Philosophy obsessed with Romans and taxes? Why be silent about this in the Damascus Document? But Jesus elaborates on this "hypocrisy" in Mark 7 and connects it to the oral Torah. Nullify...

And as Paul says regarding Agrippa II in Acts 26:2-3:

“King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you today to defend myself against all the accusations of the Jews, especially since you are acquainted with all the Jewish customs and controversies."

Regarding Herodians and Pharisees, you might find this useful: Agrippa made frequent changes in the appointment of the high priest. He was highly sympathetic to the Pharisees and was careful to observe Jewish precepts . He married his daughters to Jewish notables, and withdrew his consent to the wed...

But that's what the Herodians were , Hellenized ("Greek") kings in cahoots with the Pharisees, so yes, I think they were "builders of the wall." As Jesus says in Mk. 8:15, "Be careful,” Jesus warned them. “Watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and that of Herod.” How doe...

... the necessity of following both the Law of Moses and the moral teachings of Jesus to be righteous; they revered James the Just as an exemplar of righteousness and the true successor to Jesus (rather than Peter), while rejecting Paul as a false apostle and an apostate from the Law . ... Some modern ...