Tuesday, June 18, 2024

The Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament

BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: The Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament. What do the Dead Sea Scrolls say about Jesus? (Megan Sauter).
What do the Dead Sea Scrolls say about Jesus? Nothing.

What do they say about the world in which Jesus lived? Lots.

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I tend to turn the picture around and look at the New Testament as contemporary evidence for a first-century messianic Jewish sect. But your roadmap may differ.

The 2015 underlying Bibical Archaeology Review article by James VanderKam is behind the subscription wall. But this summary essay is worth reading.

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