What do the Dead Sea Scrolls say about Jesus? Nothing.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.What do they say about the world in which Jesus lived? Lots.
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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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