The Essenes at Kumran Recognize a Tripartite Order

The wisdom of Syrac was probably written around 100 BC, if I remember correctly. And that book, some scholars at least, will associate that book Ecclesiasticus with the Sadducees. 4QMMT represents the Essenes at Kumran. That group recognizes a tripartite order. This is not post Christ. But probably the Phariseic views are reflected in a document called Bababathra 14B. So this is shortly after the Old Testament has been completed. If we date Malachi to like 400 BC or so. It would indicate that all the major Jewish groups in the time of Jesus are in agreement about the tripartiteorder of the books of