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University Archaeologist Finds Remains That May Be the Famed "Teacher of Righteousness" |
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University of Hartford Professor Richard Freund and a team
of archeologists working in Qumran, Israel, have announced the discovery
of the well-preserved skeleton of a man that dates to the first century
A.D. Freund reported that the orientation of the body and its accompanying
grave goods suggest that the remains may be that of the "Teacher of
Righteousness," the founder of an ancient Jewish sect called the
Essenes. Members of this sect are believed by archeologists to be the
authors of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Scholars have long thought that this
teacher may have been the prophet John the Baptist. ABR ELECTRONIC
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