Aramaic: Pesher Habakkuk: "interpretation" or "solution" of Habakkuk.
Four & a half foot scroll
[13 columns] found in cave 1 at Qumran
interpreting the Hebrew prophet as envisioning the defeat of a
"wicked priest" who "ruled over Israel" but defiled
himself by amassing wealth, robbing "the poor" &
persecuting an exiled "teacher of righteousness." Scholars
generally see these references as veiled allusions to events linked to
the founding of the sect that wrote the Dead Sea scrolls but debate the historical identity of the
characters. The
"wicked priest" is most often identified with a Hellenized
Hasmonean ruler, especially Alexander Jannai.
Soon after its discovery (1947) it was
acquired by Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
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