written histories associated with the tribe, it was a fire God with mountain associations as we see in Hermon and Sinai. Curiously, the Essenes were also of that ilk and Mount Carmel was the archetype of the origins of all monastic Orders. The Hasmodeans had been responsible for the setting up if these contemplative communities in an attempt to recapture the spiritual values of the Judean people but it had not worked out that way. The desert monks had changed their goals to the aspirations of Abraham and the tribes of Israel and the Judean Priesthood had ceased to represent those values. They had become materialistic and isolated in their new found power as colonial administrators of the spiritual side of the race. They had neglected to support the communities which had found it difficult to gather enough food for day to day activities. Had it not been for the women from Samaria and beyond who had brought what they could from their own farms, they would have had to disband or die. One of those women had recognized Jesus when he preached to them in Qumran. She saw him at the well and remembered who he was vividly enough to stand back in reverence. This is conjecture but it makes more sense than simply being recognized as a public figure. Jesus the teacher is being humble and every inch a man, gives way to chivalric respect and perhaps a little amusement with the women folk as is so often the case in other bible scenes. He is a teaser and obviously enjoyed it, much to the annoyance of his rugged and exasperated apostles and disciples. His little outburst with his mother when she came back looking for him – the astonishment of the male entourage when he allowed himself to be oiled by the Magdalene and the affair of the rising of Lazarus when he