Yahoo Web Search

Search results

1. • • We conclude that the Dead Sea Scrolls do not directly mention Jesus Christ. In fact, it seems that most, if not all, of the scrolls were written before Jesus’ public ministry. While there have been claims that parts of the New Testament were found in one of the caves, Cave Seven, this has never been widely accepted by scholars.
     www.blueletterbible.org/Comm/stewart_don/faq/the-existence-of-jesus-christ/07-what-do-the-dead-sea-scrolls-tell-us-about-jesus-existence.cfm

     What Do the Dead Sea Scrolls Tell Us about Jesus’ Existence?

2. People also ask

   Are the Dead Sea Scrolls Christian?

   • So, even though the Dead Sea Scrolls are not Christian texts, they share an assortment of interesting similarities with Christian writings in the New Testament, and can be fruitfully employed to better understand the world of Jesus and his earliest Jewish followers. For translations of the Dead Sea Scrolls, see for example: Vermes, Geza.

   The Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament - Religious Studies Center

   rsc.byu.edu/new-testament-history-culture-society/dead-sea-scrolls-new-testament

   See all results for this question

   What do the Dead Sea Scrolls say about Jesus?

   • Nothing. What do they say about the world in which Jesus lived? Lots. The Dead Sea Scrolls are comprised primarily of two types of texts: parts of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) and sectarian works written by the small group (or groups) of Jews who lived at Qumran.

   The Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament

   www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-artifacts/dead-sea-scrolls/the-dead-sea-scrolls-and-the-new-testament/

   See all results for this question

   Is there a direct line between Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls?

   • Scholars have been cautious about drawing a direct line between Jesus and the Dead Sea Scroll sectarians. Indeed, perhaps the most criticized sentence in the vast literature about the Dead Sea Scrolls is one penned by the great American literary critic Edmund Wilson.

   What Jesus Learned from the Essenes - The BAS Library

   library.biblicalarchaeology.org/article/what-jesus-learned-from-the-essenes/

   See all results for this question

   Is there a New Testament passage in the Dead Sea Scrolls?

   • These include messianic titles and expectations, as well as particular passages in the Dead Sea Scrolls that sound quite similar to passages and concepts in the New Testament. It is worth emphasizing at the start that no New Testament passages occur in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Jewish group that settled at Qumran was not Christian.

   The Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament - Religious Studies Center

   rsc.byu.edu/new-testament-history-culture-society/dead-sea-scrolls-new-testament

   See all results for this question

   What is in the Dead Sea Scrolls?

   • Contained within the Dead Sea Scrolls are fragments from every Old Testament book except Esther. These manuscripts were one thousand years older than any previous manuscript which scholars used to reconstruct the New Testament text. It was the archaeological find of the century.

   What Do the Dead Sea Scrolls Tell Us about Jesus’ Existence?

   www.blueletterbible.org/Comm/stewart_don/faq/the-existence-of-jesus-christ/07-what-do-the-dead-sea-scrolls-tell-us-about-jesus-existence.cfm

   See all results for this question

   What are some good books about the Dead Sea Scrolls?

   • Although of uneven quality, see for example, Joseph A Fitzmyer, The Dead Sea Scrolls and Christian Origins (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2000); and James Charlesworth, Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1992).

   The Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament - Religious Studies Center

   rsc.byu.edu/new-testament-history-culture-society/dead-sea-scrolls-new-testament

   See all results for this question

3. relevantmagazine.com › faith › how-the-dead-seaHow the Dead Sea Scroll Discovery Changed Christianity

   relevantmagazine.com › faith › how-the-dead-sea

   • Cached

   Sep 5, 2017 · By 1955, 11 caves off the northwest shores of the Dead Sea offered up fragments of nearly a thousand scrolls inscribed with content of ancient Jewish texts and copies of nearly every book of the Old Testament. Seventy years on, we’ve learned a lot about these accidental yet incredible finds.

4. www.blueletterbible.org › Comm › stewart_donWhat Do the Dead Sea Scrolls Tell Us about Jesus’ Existence?

   www.blueletterbible.org › Comm › stewart_don

   • Cached

   • What Are The Dead Sea Scrolls?
   • There Have Been Bizarre Theories and Sensational Claims
   • The Bizarre Claims Continued
   • Do The Scrolls Speak of A Pierced Messiah?
   • More Allegations That Christianity Derived Its Teachings from The Scrolls
   • The Claim That Fragments of The New Testament Was Found Among The Scrolls
   • There Is Nothing Directly About Jesus in The Dead Sea Scrolls

   The Dead Sea Scrolls is the name given to a number of manuscripts that were hidden in caves in Israel in a place called Qumran. The caves were located about five hundred yards from the southeastern corner of the Dead Sea. The written texts were composed from 150 B.C. to A.D. 68 when the Romans destroyed the settlement. The opinion of most scholars ...

   See full list on blueletterbible.org

   Because of the nature of the discovery, it was inevitable that people would come up with some bizarre theories about the meaning of the scrolls, and their importance to the origins of the Christian faith. When the scrolls were first discovered, and their contents made known, a number of sensational claims were made concerning them. Some claimed to ...

   See full list on blueletterbible.org

   These types of claims did not cease in the 1950’s and 1960’s. The scrolls were entrusted to a select group of scholar who had exclusive control over their publication. As the decades went by, very few of the scrolls were actually published. The scandal of the lack of publication of the Dead Sea Scrolls was becoming more and more evident. Why wasn’t...

   See full list on blueletterbible.org

   However, one scholar did create something of a stir when he claimed that one particular fragment, that was newly made public, actually spoke of the Messiah being “pierced.” This fragment, which was part of a document called the War Scroll, which spoke of the coming Messiah. Again, the claims was made that Christianity derived its teachings from the...

   See full list on blueletterbible.org

   Other allegations were made that the teachings of the New Testament regarding Jesus were not unique at all. Supposedly, Jesus spent His youth among the Essenes and learned His doctrine from them. In addition, John the Baptist was said to have derived his beliefs from this community. Parallels were found between New Testament teachings and the teach...

   See full list on blueletterbible.org

   In 1972, a sensational claim was made, by a reputable scholar, which said portions of the New Testament were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls. Jose O’Callaghan, a noted expert in the study of piecing together ancient texts, believed he discovered a portion of the Gospel of Mark from a small fragment found in Cave Seven. This particular cave is uniq...

   See full list on blueletterbible.org

   We conclude that the Dead Sea Scrolls do not directly mention Jesus Christ. In fact, it seems that most, if not all, of the scrolls were written before Jesus’ public ministry. While there have been claims that parts of the New Testament were found in one of the caves, Cave Seven, this has never been widely accepted by scholars.

   See full list on blueletterbible.org

5. Images

   • 
   • 
   • 
   • 

   View all

6. www.christianity.com › wiki › jesus-christHow Do the Dead Sea Scrolls Relate to Jesus? - Christianity

   www.christianity.com › wiki › jesus-christ

   • Cached

   Jun 21, 2023 · In some sense, the Dead Sea Scrolls have nothing to do with Jesus because they were most of them, with a few possible exceptions, copied before Jesus was even doing His earthly ministry. But they do help us understand the world into which Jesus came.

   • Author: Timothy Paul Jones

7. rsc.byu.edu › dead-sea-scrolls-new-testamentThe Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament | Religious ...

   rsc.byu.edu › dead-sea-scrolls-new-testament

   • Cached

   So, even though the Dead Sea Scrolls are not Christian texts, they share an assortment of interesting similarities with Christian writings in the New Testament, and can be fruitfully employed to better understand the world of Jesus and his earliest Jewish followers.

8. Videos

   • 

     8:08

     youtube.com

     Do The Dead Sea Scrolls Mention Jesus? - Mysteries Of The Bible Unlocked - The Dead Sea Scrolls

     1 Sep 2021

     158.3K views

   • 

     27:21

     youtube.com

     Episode 1 | A Stunning Archeological Find | Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls

     30 Nov 2020

     125.5K views

   • 

     32:25

     youtube.com

     Catholic Answers Focus | Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls | John Bergsma

     27 Jan 2021

     10.8K views

   View all

9. www.biblicalarchaeology.org › daily › biblicalThe Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament - Biblical ...

   www.biblicalarchaeology.org › daily › biblical

   • Cached

   Jun 18, 2024 · While the Dead Sea Scrolls do not shed light on the person or ministry of Jesus, they do illuminate practices and beliefs of ancient Judaism. Since Christianity began as a sect of Judaism, the scrolls are very important for understanding the earliest Christians and their writings—the New Testament. The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in the ...

10. library.biblicalarchaeology.org › article › whatWhat Jesus Learned from the Essenes - The BAS Library

    library.biblicalarchaeology.org › article › what

    • Cached

    Scholars have been cautious about drawing a direct line between Jesus and the Dead Sea Scroll sectarians. Indeed, perhaps the most criticized sentence in the vast literature about the Dead Sea Scrolls is one penned by the great American literary critic Edmund Wilson.

11. www.biblestudytools.com › bible-study › topicalWhat Every Christian Should Know about the Dead Sea Scrolls

    www.biblestudytools.com › bible-study › topical

    • Cached

    Mar 10, 2022 · As Christians there are important things to know about the Dead Sea Scrolls and how they relate to our faith. The most important one is that they validate the scriptures we believe in. If you should ever decide to do your own research on this topic, you are going to find a variety of arguments over these scrolls.