Maccabees, Zadokites, Christians and Qumran: A New Hypothesis of Qumran Origins

1QpHab Aaron and Israel Agrippa Agrippa II Albright Alexander Jannaeus allusion Ananus archaeology Aristobulus basis Birnbaum's Boethusian brother called caves century A.D. Christian claims coin data Covenant Cross Damascus early Church Ecclesiasticus episode eschatological Essenes evidence exegesis Ezra genealogy Habakkuk Hassidaeans Hebrew Herod Herodian Hesed high priest high priesthood Holy Honi identified imagery italics James Jerusalem Jesus Jewish John Hyrcanus John the Baptist Josephus Judas and Saddouk Judas Maccabee Judas the Galilean Judgement literature Macc Maccabean manuscripts Masada Mattathias Messianic Milik monastery movement Noah noted Onias palaeographic Palestine parallel Paul Paul's Perfection period pesher Pharisees Phineas priestly probably Qumran Rabbinic reference Righteous Teacher Roman Sadducees Sameas Scripts Scroll Second Temple sect sectarian sectaries Simeon the Zaddik Simon sons of Zadok Talmud terminology Testament tion tradition uprising usage Vaux Vaux's Zaddik Zaddikim Zadok Zadokite Zadokite Document zeal Zealot Zedek Zohar