Endnote 2 – Tracking The Law in The Mishnah and in a Qumran Text

The meaning of this obscure term has been debated at length. Philip Blackman (Mishnayoth, vol. 6: Order Taharoth [Gateshead, UK: Judaica Press, 2nd ed. 1977], p. 771) lists the following suggested interpretations: Jesus ben Sira, ben Laanah, the author of the Book of Tagla, Homer, or the apostate, heretic.