"The second source that sheds light on the title 'Messiah' is the library found near the shores of the Dead Sea. In some of these documents there are two Messiahs, one a son of David and one a son of Aaron, the first high priest. The second, the priestly Messiah, is in charge. The other Messiah does nothing. There will be a great war (according to one scroll), but the Messiahs play no part in it."
-E. P Sanders, The Historical Figure of Jesus, p. 241.
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