the “messiah” in this text is an eschatological prophet, that, too, is exceptional. Elijah redivivus was not a distinctively sectarian figure, in the sense that the messiah of Aaron, or the Teacher at the end of days, was. The Elijah-like eschatological prophet had a clear scriptural basis and did not require a sectarian perspective. He did not, however, figure as prominently as the Davidic messiah in the literature of the time, and presumably he was not as well established in popular belief.