Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion you should be able to:

• Broadly summarize the range of contents found in the Dead Sea Scrolls

• Break down the stages of discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls from the earliest hints until now

• Summarize how scholars describe the Qumran community and why they link it with the Essenes

• Summarize how scholars describe the Qumran community and why they link it with the Essenes

• Illustrate how the Dead Sea Scrolls shed light on the NT

• Compare and contrast the teachings of the Dead Sea Scrolls on various issues with teachings of the NT

Course Outline

Unit 1: Introduction and Overview

• Introducing the Speaker and the Course

• Overview of the Course

• Creating a Layout for the Biblical Dead Sea Scrolls

• The First Discovery

• Important Genizah Finds

• The Second Find

• Scripture Scrolls

• Pesharim: Commentary Scrolls

• Militant Messianic Pesharim

• Adding the Sectarian Dead Sea Scrolls to the Dead Sea Scrolls Layout

• Sectarian Scrolls

• The Essenes and the Origins of the Scrolls

• Building and Searching a Collection of Dead Sea Scrolls Resources

• What the Ruins Tell Us

Unit 2: Dead Sea Scrolls: Gospels

• John the Baptist: Part 1

• John the Baptist: Part 2

• Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls

• Jesus’ Proclamation of Jubilee

• Jesus’ Exorcism and Healing

• Exorcism and the Psalms

• Strings of Beatitudes

• Jesus’ Assurance for John the Baptist

• Jesus on Divorce and Monogamy

• Qumran on Divorce and Monogamy

• Researching the Essenes’ Belief about Divorce

• The Temple Tax

• The Eschatological Banquet

• God’s Vineyard

• The Law and Life

• Conclusions: Value of the Dead Sea Scrolls

Unit 3: Dead Sea Scrolls: Epistles and Revelation

• Paul and Qumran: Ecclesiastical Terminology

• Paul and Qumran: “Works of the Law”

• James versus Priestly Zeal for the Law

• Qumran and “Works of the Law”

• The Sons of Light

• Mystery and Revelations

• The Flesh and Spirit

• Covered Heads and Angels

• Order in the Assembly

• James and Doing the Law/Word

• Hebrews on Melchizedek

• Qumran on Melchizedek

• Spiritual Sacrifice

• Qumran and John: Dualism

• Qumran and John: Conceptual Parallels

• Revelation on New Jerusalem

• Qumran on New Jerusalem

• New Jerusalem: Summary

• Use of the Scrolls for New Testament Interpretation

• Postscript: Possible Early Discoveries

Details

• Title: NT306 The Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament

• Instructor: Craig A. Evans

• Publisher: Lexham Press

• Publication Date: 2015

• Product Type: Logos Mobile Education

• Resource Type: Courseware, including transcripts, audio, and video resources

• Courses: 1

• Video Hours: 5