Christian beginnings and the Dead Sea scrolls /

Christian beginnings and the Dead Sea scrolls / edited by John J. Collins and Craig A. Evans. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, c2006. - 144 p. ; 22 cm. - Acadia studies in Bible and theology .

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

A Messiah before Jesus? -- An Essene Messiah? Comments on Israel Knohl, the Messiah before Jesus -- Jesus, John, and the Dead Sea scrolls : assessing typologies of Restoration -- Paul and James on the law in light of the Dead Sea scrolls -- "Spirit of Holiness" as eschatological principle of obedience -- Guided by God : divine aid in interpretation in the Dead Sea scrolls and the New Testament -- The Dead Sea scrolls and Christian theology -- Apocalyptic theology and the Dead Sea scrolls : a response to Jonathan Wilson.

080102837X (pbk.) 9780801028373

2006013321


Dead Sea scrolls.


Christianity--Origin.
Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Judaism (Christian theology)--History.

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