1 Enoch 90:6

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But behold lambs were borne by those white sheep, and they began to open their eyes and to see, and to cry to the sheep.rise of the Chasids, who existed previous to the Maccabean outbreak. See 1 Macc. ii. 42, iii. 13, and 1 En. xc. 9. They possessed all the enthusiasm and religious doctrine of the nation. While champions of the law against the Hellenizing Sadducees they held advanced views on the Messianic kingdom and the Resurrection. The writer of these Dream-visions was evidently a Chasid. He teaches the Resurrection, the final judgement, and the kingdom of the Messiah, and above all he criticizes severely the moral and ceremonial irregularities in the services of the second temple (lxxxix. 73). For this writer the Chasid aims–the re-establishment of the Theocracy and the preparation for the Messianic kingdom– are bound up with the success of the Maccabean leader. This could not be the case after Jonathan's assumption of the high- priesthood in 153 B.C., which not merely alienated the Chasids from the Maccabean family, but made them its deadly enemies. Thus we date lxxxiii-xc before 153 B.C.6-7. The Chasids or 'lambs' appeal in vain to the nation, owing to foreign oppression.