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Dead Sea Scrolls: Christianity
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Dead Sea Scrolls research is an involved subject, but its central message may be summarized as follows. The contents of the Dead Sea Scrolls challenge the two most fundamenlal beliefs of Christianity: the uniqueness of Jesus Christ, and Christianity as the embodiment of the message of Christ. Both these are put in jeopardy by the Qumran material. First, they show that the message of Jesus did not originate with him, and he was ... not unique; he was at most one of several
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Fear, loathing and bloodlust...is this what the Dead Sea Scrolls reveal about the birth of Christianity?; For 50 years, they have been surrounded by controversy and secrecy. Now a new book provides the definitive guide to an epic religious mystery PART ONE.
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In order to understand the rise of Christianity and the implications of the Dead Sea Scrolls, it is necessary to have some idea of the political conditions in Palestine at the time when it was a province of the Roman Empire. This, no less than the doctrinal differences between various Jewish sects, or the message of Jesus, was what ultimately determined the course of Christianity.
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[One] very interesting non-traditional approach to the Dead Sea Scrolls. Boccaccini identifies a trend in intertestamental Judaism integrally associated with the Enoch literature, and locates authorship of the Scrolls within that tradition. The author suggests that early Christianity was influenced by the same visionary tradition (a suggestion which is not... the focus of this study). Again, this a book to investigate after sampling other introductory material. Boccaccini's work is a fine representative of new approaches developing in DSS studies.Definitely recommended.
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The following article is now on-line in PDF: Edward J. Young, "The Dead Sea Scrolls and Christianity," His 16.9 (June 1956): 35-39. Writing only a few years after the discovery of the scrolls Edward Young is able to reach some conclusions - many of which have stood the test of time.
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There were ... competing theories that the Pope knew the Dead Sea Scrolls disproved Christianity or that Jewish leaders knew the manuscripts confirmed Christianity. The real reasons for the scrolls' slow release were less dramatic.
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