MILWAUKEE DEAD-SEA-SCROLLS-EXHIBITION WATCH:
There's insight - but not proof - in the Dead Sea Scrolls
By Annysa Johnson of the Journal Sentinel
Posted: Jan. 23, 2010 10:14 p.m.
They speak of a Teacher of Righteousness and a pierced messiah, of cleansing through water and a battle of light against darkness.
But anyone looking to the Dead Sea Scrolls in search of proof, say, that Jesus of Nazareth was the messiah presaged by the prophets, or that John the Baptist lived among the scroll's authors, will be disappointed.
What the scrolls provide instead, scholars say, is a window into a world of religious ferment 2,000 years ago that gave rise to Judaism and Christianity as we know them today.
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Hints of the Scrolls in Bible
By Annysa Johnson of the Journal Sentinel
Posted: Jan. 23, 2010 10:32 p.m.
To understand how the Dead Sea Scrolls influenced early Christianity, just turn to the New Testament.
Take, for example, the Great Isaiah Scroll, a facsimile of which is on display as part of the Milwaukee Public Museum's Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit. Written around 125 B.C. and the only scroll to emerge virtually intact from the caves at Qumran, its messianic message is quoted in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, John and Luke, the earliest of which wasn't written until around A.D. 65.
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Also, more Scrolls events around this exhibit are noted
here.