AUTHOR: Silviu LUPAȘCU Danubius, XXXVIII, Galaţi, 2020, pp. 487-500. Abstract Beside the midrashic purpose, the illusory staining of Bathenosh’s and Sarai’s feminine innocence in the Dead Sea Scrolls opened new ground for captatio benevolentiae, as it revisited the archaic history with a new feeling of drama, tragedy and redemption. In On the Origin of the…