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The Dead Sea Scrolls By Misheal Al-Kadhi, from the Arabic PaperEnglish The Dead Sea Scrollsthe Dead Sea Scrolls, Lawrence H. Schiffman, p. 228).
This prophesy also continues in Pesher Psalms: "This text also mentions
the familiar dramatis personae: the Teacher of Righteousness, termed 'the
priest'; the wicked priest; and the Man of Lies. The Wicked Priest
persecuted the Teacher and sought to kill him. The man of lies lead people
astray". (Reclaiming the Dead Sea Scrolls, Lawrence H. Schiffman, p.
229).
What we begin to see in all of this is the
story
of the coming of Jesus
(pbuh), his selection of Judas as one of the apostles, the deviance of Judas
from the truth, how a sect of the Jews persecuted Jesus (pbuh), how this
sect tried to deceive the masses and differed with Jesus (pbuh) regarding
the truth of God's message, and finally, how they schemed with Judas to
kill Jesus (pbuh).
The Teacher of Righteousness is thus a reference to
Jesus (pbuh); the "priestly" Messiah.
The Wicked Priest is a reference to
Judas, and the Spouter of Lies is most likely the leader of the "chief priests
and Pharisees" who persecuted Jesus (pbuh) and are mentioned so often
in the Bible.
Many Christian scholars have snatched up these prophesies in order to
prove the validity of their claim that Jesus (pbuh) was indeed sent by God
and that the Jews are required to follow him. However, they have been
thwarted in their attempts by one other quite amazing piece of evidence
that the Jews continually manage to refute their claims with, specifically,
that the Dead Sea Scrolls claim that the coming messiah will be
persecuted and that the Wicked Priest will try to kill him, but that the
Wicked Priest will not be successful and that it is he who will receive the
fate he wished for the messiah.
In interpreting Psalms 37:32, "The Wicked watches for the righteous,
seeking to put him to death," the text states: 'Its interpretation concerns
the Wicked Priest who watched out for the Teacher of Righteousness and
sought to put him to death'" (Reclaiming the Dead Sea Scrolls,
Lawrence H. Schiffman, p. 233).
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