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The Jesus Story: Much of it Lifted from the 'Teacher of Righteousness' of the Dead Sea Scrolls

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Before Jesus, the Dead Sea Scrolls from a sect of Essenes speak of the Teacher of Righteousness.

He was likely the Essene Founder, Prophet, and Messiah. The similarities between Jesus and the Teacher of Righteousness are generally unknown to most Christians.

But the parallels between Jesus and the Teacher of Righteousness of the Dead Sea Scrolls goes to show how patterns of stories and beliefs get intertwined into making a religion.

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...The scrolls thus provide a unique insight into a religious culture at a time of unparalleled religious as well as social ferment. The earliest of the scrolls dates to about 250 B.C.; the latest to 68 A.D., when the conquering Romans destroyed Qumran on their way to Jerusalem, which they burned a bare two years later, effectively ending the First Jewish Revolt against Rome....
Source: Frontline

...The leader (perhaps more than one leader) of the Qumran sect was known as the Teacher of Righteousness. Years ago, some scholars theorized that Jesus might have been that teacher, but the idea is seen as untenable, in part because the writings so clearly reflect the Jewish situation in the second century before Christ.... Source: TIME

...The Teacher of Righteousness is a figure found in some of the Dead Sea Scrolls at Qumran, most prominently in the Damascus Document (CD). This document speaks briefly of the origins of the sect, probably Essenes, 390 years after the Babylonian exile and after 20 years of 'groping' blindly for the way "God... raised for them a Teacher of Righteousness to guide them in the way of His heart" (CD 1:9-11).... Source: Wikipedia

...Another Dead Sea document, the "Damascus Covenant," indicates ritual laws were valid until the advent of the messiah, who "will atone their iniquity" in a way superior to sin offerings. Knohl said the second Thanksgiving hymn treats this messianic redemption as having already taken place. Further, he said, the Dead Sea messiah was believed to have risen from death after three days and ascended to heaven.

Again, just like Jesus.

Some theorize that these Dead Sea writings referred to an imaginary figure or a messiah in the distant future, but Knohl finds that implausible. He's convinced the speaker in the hymn was a sect leader who saw himself as the messiah and was so regarded by his Dead Sea community.

When did this messianic leader live? Based on handwriting style, Knohl dates the manuscripts to the decades of King Herod's reign just before Jesus was born. (Of course, these could be copies of words that were composed earlier.) Source: LJ World.com

...The Dead Sea Scrolls frequently refer to a mysterious figure called the “Teacher of Righteousness” (Moreh ha-Tsedek in Hebrew). According to the most widely held view, the Teacher of Righteousness founded the Dead Sea Scroll sect (the sect is usually identified with the Essenes). In this common view, the Teacher of Righteousness organized the Community (the Yahad) and composed many of its most important works.

The nemesis of the Teacher of Righteousness is another shadowy figure called the Wicked Priest (
ha-Kohen ha-Rasha

)....
Source: Biblical Archeology Review

There are a number of similarities between the earthly roles of Jesus and the Teacher, interpretation of scripture, the establishment of a law which is the means of salvation; both suffer. After death the followers of both require further guidence. There are also differences, the Teacher does not appear to be worshipped, his community does not continue and expand after his death....Source: University of St. Andrews

...Essenes venerated a "teacher of righteousness" who was persecuted and martyred by a Hasmonaean priest-king. Further, they expected the reappearance of a "teacher of righteousness," an "elect," through whom judgment would be executed on all nations and especially on false Jews. It is a legitimate inference that the martyred teacher and he who was to appear at the end were one and the same. This is in accordance with Jewish ways of thought. Elijah was popularly expected to return to anoint the Messiah; the Messiah himself, for some, was to be Joshua redivivus; Jesus in the Gospels is reputed to be Elijah, Jeremiah, John the Baptist or one of the prophets. From all this it results that in Jewry at the time of the Christian era the expectation of the return of a dead leader as a deliverer was not the unheard-of paradox which it is said to have been by apologists of Christianity.

It must be remembered that "Messiah" -- "annointed" -- was a title, not a personal name. It is not surprising, therefore, that the Essenes should have used the title to denote two separate functionaries, the "Messiah of Aaron," or priestly interpreter of the law in the days to come, and the "Messiah of Israel," the warrior who was to lead the people to victory and inaugurate the kingdom of God on earth. The "teacher of righteousness" killed by the Hasmonaeans seems to have been a dissentient priest opposed to the Jerusalem hierarchy; and it was as the "Messiah of Aaron" that he was expected to return. Along with him would appear the "Messiah of Israel," and between the two of them they would carry out the revolution that would put down princes from their thrones and exalt them of low degree. In historic Christianity all trace of a dual Messiahship is absent. But in view of the revision of the Gospels "three times, four times, many times," (as Celsus said) in the interests of Pauline theology this is not surprising.

It was not to be expected that Christian scholars would acquiesce in an interpretation of the facts which reduced the crucifixion of Jesus, and the faith in his resurrection and advent, from something unique in human history to something that had happened before and might have happened a dozen times in the underworld of Jewry with its visions of revenge on the kingdoms of the world..Source: The Origins of Christianity
...They (Jesus and the Teacher of Righteousness) were not one and the same person according to some scholars and historians, yet they had important cross influence, both coming from apocalyptic backgrounds, sharing possessions with "brothers", and emphasizing the same hermeneutical principle with scriptures, namely, all scripture and prophecy pointed to their own group and time only.74 That Jesus was aware of Qumran is shown by Borge Hjerl-Hansen in a stimulating study of the apocalyptic Matthew 24.75 That the Zealots may have been intimately involved with Qumran, as with Jesus, has been the study of S.G.F. Brandon, which coincides with the above idea of identifying a zealot as the Teacher of Righteousness.76 In fact it’s even been noted that if Jesus and the Teacher of Righteousness are one and the same, the Dead Sea Scrolls may yet demonstrate the very great difficulty for Christianity in that the Teacher of Righteousness was in no way looked upon as divine. Did Jesus’contemporaries see him as divine? There are even some historians who contend that Jesus was not even significant to his contemporaries, as he is not mentioned in any outside non-biblical documents by any contemporaries, Josephus’ account being a later interpolation.77 As studies moved closer into the New Testament era, scholars also began looking at new aspects of identifying the Teacher of Righteousness. Two simply must be looked at for their interest, and the scholars’ response to such identifications. Research by Kerry A. Shirts
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Cool review - thanks for posting it Shady

Any person interested in the DS should read the Pistus Sopia.

All the Coptic texts are very revealing...

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