In the _Zadokite Fragments_ the teaching concerning the Messiah is important; there is frequent reference to a “Teacher” who is called the “Only Teacher,” or the “Only One,” and is identical with “the Lawgiver who interprets the Law.” There is a period intervening before the first appearance of this Teacher, who was the Founder of the Sect, and his second appearance, which is to be at “the end of the days.” Now this Teacher is identified with the Messiah, “the Anointed One from Aaron and Israel, whose advent is expected by the Sect, through whom He made them to know His holy spirit, and in whose rise the Sect saw the fulfilment of the prophecy, _there shall come a star out of Jacob_. Apparently this Anointed One was rejected by the great bulk of the nation who ‘spoke rebellion’ against Him. What must be especially noted is that the Messiah of the Sect is a priest, a descendant from Aaron and Israel. Of a Messiah descending from Judah there is no mention in our text. Indeed, ‘after the completing of the end ... one shall not join the house of Judah,’ whilst the princes of Judah, the removers of the bound, will be visited by the wrath of God. Among these princes, King David is also included, who is held in slight estimation by the Sect. As a contrast to and substitute for David and his dynasty, the Sect put up Zadok, and his descendants, the sons of Zadok.”[191] There is nothing which so stamps the character of these fragments as just this doctrine of the Messiah. (_f_) _The Sadducees and the Jewish Calendar._ This is a somewhat intricate subject; but the main point is that the Sadducees held that time must be measured on the basis of a solar year; they thus opposed the Pharisaic mode of reckoning which was on the basis of the lunar year. The Pharisees followed the ancient Hebrew tradition; but the unsatisfactory character of this mode of reckoning time must have been realized in early times; and the Pharisees, in getting over the obvious difficulties by inserting a thirteenth month in the spring whenever necessary, were following the oral Tradition. This was sufficient for the opposition of the Sadducees who sought to reform the Calendar by measuring time on the basis of the solar year. The Sadducees and Pharisees accordingly accused each other of observing feasts at a wrong time,[192] or of wishing to.