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(52,633 posts)It is part of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
It frames him as 'the liar' and the 'wicked priests' (the other major protagonists in the Commentary) were the Pharisees (Roman collaborators)
The hypothesis is that Qumran, near Jerusalem (Qumran was the actual 'Damascus' which was never about the Syrian Damascus) was actually a Zealot (hardcore ultra strict Jewish warriors/freedom fighters) community, not at all Essene/Messianic, and that is where 'Jesus' was leading (or helping to lead) a rebellion against the Roman rule. The way the Roman system of government was set up, Paul (Saul) would NEVER have been sent to bust up a group in modern day Syria as that was an entirely different governorship. He was sent to Quran, but eventually joined them. He then was kicked out (multiple times if memory serves) for making 'Jesus' a supernatural son of a god, aka Pauline Christianity's foundation.
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