Angels among Us: The Use of Old Testament Passages as Inspiration for Temple Themes in the Dead Sea Scrolls

The Use of the Old Testament in the Book of Hosea

In recent years there has been an avalanche of studies which have analyzed the way the New Testament writers cited and interpreted the Old Testament. This research has been augmented significantly by the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, where the sectarian authors at Qumran cited OT texts believing they were experiencing the fulfillment of prophetic texts in contemporary events. The methods e...

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All scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the New King James Version. Lines lead from the very first Jewish Christianity to the seventh century, indeed to Islam.. .. The analogies between the Qur'anic picture of Jesus and a Christology with a Jewish-Christian stamp are perplexing. These parallels are irrefutable and call for more intensive historical and systematic re...

Non-destructive Investigation of the Dead Sea Scrolls

The Dead Sea Scrolls belong to the most important cultural assets of mankind. Their long term preservation and study is a challenge that demands an interdisciplinary approach. As early as the 1950s natural scientists assisted the scholars in studying the scrolls. It was at this time that the first extensive study of the scroll material took place. It was found that most fragments were written n...

Has Every Book of the Bible Been Found Among the Dead Sea Scrolls?

A Statistical Identity for the Teacher of Righteousness in the Dead Sea Scrolls

More than sixty years of intensive research on the Dead Sea Scrolls have not yet yielded up a satisfactory identity for the mysterious Teacher of Righteousness. This paper claims the simplest yet most plausible argument so far for an identity. The results of a comprehensive inferential survey are first discussed, followed by the argument that the murdered Onias III is the first Teacher of Right...