Footnote 2 - BARlines
“The Dead Sea Scrolls and the People Who Wrote Them,” BAR 03:01; “The Historical Importance of the Samaria Papyri,” BAR 04:01; “Phoenicians in Brazil?” BAR 05:01.
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“The Dead Sea Scrolls and the People Who Wrote Them,” BAR 03:01; “The Historical Importance of the Samaria Papyri,” BAR 04:01; “Phoenicians in Brazil?” BAR 05:01.
“The unicorn through its lack of temperance, and because it does not know how to control itself for the delight that it has for young maidens, forgets in ferocity and wildness; and laying wide all fear it goes up to the seated maiden and goes to sleep in her lap, and in this way the hunters take it.” (Edward MacCurdy (ed.), The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci [Braziller: New York, 1958)], p. 1079).
This is apparently spelled out in a still unpublished letter from Qumran that, according to the editors, was sent by the Teacher of Righteousness himself. The letter is to be published by John Strugnell and Elisha Qimron. See “Jerusalem Rolls Out Red Carpet for Biblical Archaeology Congress,” BAR 10:04.