The same dual pattern is also evident in 11QMelchizedek (11Q13). The only one to fit the description of the genre of “thematic pesher,” the scroll cites several instances of pesherite interpretation.67 The technical term “pesher” occurs five times in the scroll (11Q13 2:4, 12, 17, 20; fr. 6:4).68 It is used to interpret biblical sources but also serves to introduce a commentary on the periodization of history. Column 2 preserves what may be seen as
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