Full title
An Esoteric Relation between Qumran's 'New Covenant in the Land of Damascus' and the New Testament's 'Cup of the New Covenant in (His) Blood'?
Research notes
Reader Checked|05/03/2013 SE
Reference type
Year
2004
Journal / Book Title || Series Title
Revue de Qumran
Volume
21
Number of volumes
0
Issue / Series Volume
3
Pages
439-456
Alternative title
RevQ
Label
21/02/2005
Abstract
At first glance there is no relationship at all between “the New Covenant in the Land of Damascus” in the Damascus Document and Paul’s and Synoptic Gospels’ “Cup” of the “New Covenant in (his) blood,” except the reference to “the New Covenant.” However, on further analysis, there is a linguistic or esoteric one — however tenuous. This will depend on letters that have a certain signification in the Hebrew language moving over into the Greek language to develop a slightly different signification. The article examines the possible connection of the Hebrew word for “blood” (dam) and for “cup” (chos) both of which form the two parts of the Greek word “Damascus.”