Well before Wise, different writers have been finding or looking for convincing connections between the Scroll community and the Gospel community, encouraged by the many similarities in terms of dogma, organization and lexicology. Dupont Sommer already considered that Jesus was in many respects an astonishing reincarnation of the Teacher of Righteousness. He also accepted that many differences forbid equating them. John the Baptist and James were also seen as being reminiscent of the old Master. John Allegro considered the Gospels as the Teacher’s prophetic books. This was the beginning of an identity crisis. In his "First Messiah", Owen Wise also leans on the Teacher of Righteousness, but considers that he inspired Jesus Messiah, rather than being a reincarnation of the earlier Master.
Where are the missing clues? None of the previous writers found the sesame because looking at the leaders is misleading. The connection between the Teacher and Jesus is not a direct one, but subjected to a Messiah Code. We must consider the posthumous “by-products” registered within the Master's school.
How many Messiahs are we really dealing with? In the Scroll community, we have a Messiah given in singular, and two sets of tandem Messiahs that correspond to changing community policies. The Gospels also display not one but two Messiahs: Jesus the winner and John the Baptist the loser.
The tandem Messiahs registered two clans within the posthumous Teacher’s school, giving the Master two different comeback identities. Each Messiah title mirrored and regulated its own clan with finally a winning avant-garde Priestly Messiah chosen or engendered by God against a losing Davidic Messiah representing a more traditionalist faction. The two Gospel Messiahs also represent a winning avant-garde clan against a losing traditionalist clan.
All scholars have been trying to equate a historical figure with a later party label! It just could not work out.
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