A priest of the line of Zadok, believed to be the one referred to in Qumran writings as “the Teacher of Righteousness, ” left Jerusalem and led an opposition group into the Judean Desert by the Dead Sea.
बऱ्‍याच विद्वानांच्या मते, याच काळादरम्यान कुम्रान समाजाचा उदय झाला.