From: "Andrew M Butler"To: pkd@jazzflavor.com Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 15:17:39 +0100 Subject: Re: [PKD] TTOTA: Ch 3-4 > The Qumran scrolls are real. They include a lot of different > documents: apocryphal gospels (Thomas' Gospel, for instance), > treaties, rules for the Essene community, etc. I wonder if the > Zadokites are real, but they might be based on the Essene group. “there is a Zadokite Document (singular), known from two twelfth- century copies and from fragments found at one of the Quram caves . . . Its contents are entirely different from those ascribed by Dick to his own fictional documents” (Galbreath, Robert (1983) 'Redemption and Doubt in Philip K. Dick. Valis Trilogy', {iExtrapolation} 24: 105- 115 at p. 114) Cheers Andrew M. Butler Recruitment Secretary Science Foundation / Features Editor Vector "When there is no hope there are only principles to follow." Webpage at http://homepages.enterprise.net/ambutler