wicked priest wicked priest hebrew hebrew dead sea times refer opponent teacher suggested phrase pun meaning high priest proper term high priest generally identified high priest priests exact identification remains controversial called problems connected dead sea commonly argued single candidate followed widespread acceptance view despite acknowledged weaknesses dubbed consensus recently scholars argued refer individual notably hypothesis advanced van der argues series wicked priests background original seven dead sea discovered published thirteen column interpretation book book use said strongest literary thematic links book compared language borrowed commentary similar language themes suggested evidence common authorship similar methods dating tests conducted gave standard confidence interval bce confidence interval bce standard confidence interval confidence interval earlier dating indicated date range bce prediction column final age shall prolonged interpreted mean written approximately years death teacher time final age ended according text description references wicked priest divided overlapping themes violence teacher followers non divine punishment acts role history community scholars passage teacher followed different enabling wicked priest travel suggested teacher high priest pre illegitimate priest scholars interpreted wicked priest meaning illegitimate priest lineage interpret called truth arose initial acceptance wicked priest community combined hypothesis follows interpretation based evidence external sources scholars argue hereditary listed wicked priest interpretation text decades questionable interpretation collins argues evidence community rule damascus document support view community concerned legitimacy non high priest possible references suggested wicked priest scattered mentions man sons blood scholars consider reference wicked priest arguing fits simon murdered sons commentary contains numerous explicit references historical figures including furious young lion takes revenge smooth things inviting conquer jerusalem regards commentary describing age following teacher wicked priest interprets furious young lion priest calendar drops names associated proposed wicked priests jerusalem suggested followers wicked priest scholars differentiate wicked priest man lie example description building city blood clue identity wicked priest best evidence distinguishing figures associated false doctrine act misleading wicked priest associated non separation suggested sources outside proposed time default assumption single individual appealing teacher consensus time period founding bce includes high priests jason simon figures potentially associated early theories situated time periods running pre period early christianity wicked priest ruled israel able persuaded scholars exclude consideration predecessors share ability attack nations militarily having militarily egypt syria successors dominated romans lesser extent called truth pre high priests held high regard similarly post high priests received attention identifiable romans distinct practice sacrifice standards attested referred imperfect characters associated beginning community come contact romans theory advanced cross traditionally identifies wicked priest commonly identified single candidate identity wicked priest popularly accepted piece evidence identification death hands characteristic shared bce generally excluded recounts capture execution modern jordan general king attempted fit incident compelling basis enemies took vengeance body flesh need accurately said died disease called king fragment argue identification connecting wicked priest having originally called truth died according fever alcoholism compared references disease wicked priest lay claim delivered hands enemies passage according succumbed ambush king arabs escaping jerusalem passage suggested pun moniker attested contemporary coins pictured gave pun allegedly occurs fortification jerusalem compared illicit building activities wicked priests pursuit teacher house exile day compared known attack feast proposed figure king israel executed romans bce proposes seen teacher according orientation generally understood sympathetic multiple wicked priests scholars argue high priest strongest candidate identification passages different wicked priest associated cited evidence single wicked priest biblical examples title applied series successors include king north king south apply multiple kings respectively potential titles refer people include teacher founder future teacher community law teacher figure past future priests kings hypothesis hypothesis advanced later van der interprets columns describing wicked priests chronological absolute order excluded high priests simon overlap writing life teacher hypothesis argues relative clauses perfect describe wicked priests absolute clause imperfect describe sixth wicked priest contends requires granting number changes text argues relative final columns relation sixth wicked priest furthermore second fourth wicked priests explicitly referred priest rebelled priest respectively wicked priest attested later contradicted states died van der order high priests assigned role fifth wicked priest pursues teacher house exile merely fits sequence absence documentary evidence chosen reign alternative include ben jesus
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