Wicked Priest
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wicked-priest-184-1389996
title:
Wicked Priest
text:
Wicked Priest is a sobriquet used in the Dead Sea Scrolls pesharim, four times in the Habakkuk Commentary (1QpHab) and once in the Commentary on Psalm 37 (4QpPsa), to refer to an opponent of the "Teacher of Righteousness." It has been suggested that the phrase is a pun on "ha-kōhēn hā-rōš", as meaning "the High Priest", but this term for the High Priest was obsolete at the time. He is generally identified with a Hasmonean (Maccabean) High Priest or Priests. However, his exact identification rema
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description:
Opponent of the "Teacher of Righteousness"
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicked_Priest
date created:
2007-08-25T06:30:17Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T04:13:06Z
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