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agreed Morpheus the scrolls contain perfect OT scripture's showing accuracy of the Jewish scribes
But I wasn't talking about water baptism but ritual washing
Jesus was not into ritual cleanliness 'why do you wash the outside of the cup?' etc and many other sayings
And check this out from the community rule scroll regarding women during their period:
"Above all, she shall not mingle with the pure during her seven days so that she may not pollute the camps of the holy. Neither shall she touch any woman with a long-term issue of blood. And the person who counts the seven days shall not touch her during her uncleanness. Only when she has purified herself from her uncleanness may she be touched"
Jesus directly and clearly contradicted this when he was touched by the woman with the issue of blood and healed her. Jesus, and Paul also, never advocated this idea of ritual cleanliness regarding women or anything else
This is a major difference between Jesus and the Qumran community!
Note that I have read the well known opponents of Paul, sometimes called Judaisers did in fact want to keep these rules along with circumcision and following of the law
Maybe there were types of Essenes who were more like Jesus, but if the Qumran community represents the Essenes in general then we can't associate Jesus with them with differences like this between them
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