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@Kris, I think you answer is indeed found in the DSS. The Essenes were expecting the Son of Man in the 1st century. The Essenes looked for the coming of the Son of Man to restore all things during a special Jubilee. This special Jubilee would occur in the first week of the Jubilee that follows the n...

@Maryhelena, Thank you for your friendly advice. Clearly, I need to do some more research before bringing the subject up again. Perhaps I will find the answer in the current book that I am reading: "James the Brother of Jesus and the Dead Sea Schools" by Robert Eisenman. Sadly, I think, no...

@Hawthorne, Likewise, I don't have a problem with what John2 wrote either because it proves nothing one way or the other. Perhaps you missed my point. There are two sides to the same coin. If you accept DCH's theory that the reference about Jesus were added into the TF then you should also give equa...

Hawthrone posted: “Your [John T] position is not on equal footing here. You have not proposed a theory for who, why, or how a party came to delete certain passages from the [TF] text. What is your theory for why anyone would delete references to James the Just? How did it come about? How did it come...

Hawthrone posted: 'I think you [John T] missed the point. It isn't that James and Ananus are the same person. The point here is that Josephus never says this;'...'This same Josephus records the tradition that this James was of so great sanctity and reputation among the people that the downfall of Je...

@DCH, It is my understanding that The Jewish War against Roman occupation was 66–70 A.D. and that Josephus surrendered to Roman forces led by Vespasian in 67 A.D. Help me out with the approximate date for when Festus died and Nero appointed Albinus as procurator, (Antiquites of the Jews, Book 20, 19...

DCH posted: "Josephus actually does say who it was whose death foretold the destruction of the city. It was the very same Ananus, in War 4.318. That is an inconvertible fact that cannot be easily dispensed with. Sorry to disappoint the romanticists." *************** Foretold first by who, ...

@Scowling Waggyfinger, Thank you for giving your background. I hope you did not feel I was questioning your qualifications to give an expert opinion, I was not. Please believe me when I say that after reading a sampling of your posts on other topics that I consider you extremely knowledgeable regard...

@DCHindley, I am by no means a scholar and beg forgiveness if it came across that I was pretending to be. I do have great respect for the opinions of those that are and it is obvious your knowledge is vast, apparently more so than Eisenman. So, if you would be so kind to finish the job of Eisenman a...

I too have read and very much enjoyed Tabor's book: "The Jesus Dynasty". My hard copy printed in 2006 on pg. 68 contains a picture of Tobot examining the Pantera gravestone in Germany. Perhaps Tabor has changed his mind since then but he did not give it a thumbs up in his book. Tobot grant...