As mentioned abiveabove, there were an endless supply if ideas from the Proto-Karaite groups. To cover them all in detail is beyond the scope of this work. Only those which appear to be relevant to our story shoukd be mentioned.
One such idea suggests that Idumeans as people of Esau accepted Christianity regarding Ieso as a sort of "Moses" for the children of Esau in much the same way that Moses was accepted as by the children of Jacob as their special prophet. According to the same theory, Hagar's children were also awaiting their "Moses".
