Messianic attributes? I'm not sure I follow. If you mean they share the same cause, that is to bring an end to the Angel of Darkness and his allotted spirits. Then yes, the angel of truth and the teacher of righteousness share in the same messianic attributes. 1Qs III 20-25.Sinouhe wrote: ↑Mon May 16, 2022 10:11 am
And why would the author of these hymns, identify the teacher of righteousness and Michael with the same messianic attributes ?
The identification with the servant of Isaiah is found in other Qumran manuscripts that concern an eschatological messianic and sometimes priest figure. Can the same be said for Michael?
"For God has established the spirits in equal measure until the final age, and has set everlasting hatred between their divisions." 1Qs III 15-20.