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'?
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.”