Who was the Teacher of Righteousness in the Dead Sea Scrolls?

Left, a Sedducee, who some scholars claim the Teacher of Righteousness is based on. Right, A fragment of the Damascus Scroll in which the Teacher is most mentioned.   Source: Left; Hartmann Schedel / Public Domain, Right; CC0

3 MAY, 2022 - 23:02 BIPIN DIMRI

Who was the Teacher of Righteousness in the Dead Sea Scrolls?

The Teacher of Righteousness is supposedly the person who replicated the God-like figure by his words, beliefs and actions. Who was he? Was he Jesus? The Teacher of Righteousness is a figure…

I don’t know, can we really trust what anyone in the priest class has said or says nowadays?

Robert Eisenman makes an interesting case for James the Just (Ziddik) in his books on “James the Brother of Jesus”. I read them many years ago and found them well argued. Good read but a looong one.

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