As historian Emil Schürer put it, once a political dynasty was established by the Hasmonaeans, “their central concern was no longer with the fulfilment of the Torah [Jewish Law] but with the preservation and extension of their political power. ”
कई विद्वानों के मुताबिक, कुमरान नाम का समुदाय इसी दौरान उभरकर आया था ।