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Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls (The Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library) Paperback – January 1, 1992

by James H. Charlesworth (Author)
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A leading expert on the Dead Sea Scrolls explains why they are among the most important archaeological finds in history, and explores how they have revolutionized our understanding of Jesus.
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    The Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library
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    370 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Yale University Press
  5. Publication date
    January 1, 1992
  6. Dimensions
    8.97 x 6.03 x 0.96 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    0274746689
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0300140170
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A leading expert on the Dead Sea Scrolls explains why they are among the most important archaeological finds in history, and explores how they have revolutionized our understanding of Jesus.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0300140177
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Yale University Press (January 1, 1992)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 370 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0274746689
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0300140170
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.25 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.97 x 6.03 x 0.96 inches
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brenda gomez
5.0 out of 5 stars A must have
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J. F Joyner
5.0 out of 5 stars Good Dead Sea Scrolls Intoduction
Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2002
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This is a very good introduction to the Dead Sea Scrolls. James Charlesworth is an amazing (and readable) scholar. I stumbled onto this while trying to learn more history about Jesus (reading David Flusser, N.T. Wright, Brad Young; didn't waste much time reading John Dominic Crossan). (I'm not formally trained in religion, not a minister). For a lay person trying to learn a lot about the Dead Sea Scrolls, this book is needed along with books by Lawrence Schiffman (Reclaiming the Dead Sea Scrolls) and Hershel Shanks. With this collection, any lay person will know just about every major issue that is relevant.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
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Just finished reading this and highly recommend. Includes one of my favorite scholars Dr. Craig Evans who never disappoints.
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G. W. Thielman
4.0 out of 5 stars helpful background to 1st century southern levant
Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2000
Over the years, the Anchor Bible Reference Library (ABRL) has published an assortment of scholarly books on archeology in the Levant, Jewish history and the origins of Christianity. Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls, edited by James H. Charlesworth (©1992) is a nice addition to this series and certainly worthy of examination by any interested in the period of the first centuries BC and AD. This work, is a compilation of articles by renown scholars focusing on areas of commonalty and differences between the teachings of Jesus and the writings found in the caves of Qumrân.
For example, although some eschatological exegesis and scriptural preferences between Jesus and the Essene community at Qumrân can be catalogued, Jesus' ministry was also profoundly different from the Essenes, as well as different from other Jewish leaders including the Pharisees. The Essenes were exclusionary and ritualistic, Jesus demonstrated an inclination to accept all sincere followers. Jesus' parables could be comprehended by all (at least superficially), while the Dead Sea Scrolls are often noted for their obtuseness. The Essenes were even stricter with their interpretation of Mosaic law than the Pharisees. Jesus took a more liberal view on this matter. Yet both groups were devoted to prayer and both acknowledged "the Holy Spirit" (rwh hqws) as did other Jewish leaders.
Comparisons between Essene writings and the Torah abound. For example, Deuteronomy 21:22 commands that a capital offense be punished by death followed by hanging upon a tree for public display. However in the Temple Scroll, this sequence is reversed--the delinquent is to be hanged until death--i.e., crucifixion. Further comparison of symbolic references are made between Jesus and the Essenes. The Qumrân community placed great emphasis on sacrifice and atonement in the Temple at Jerusale--in fact, the Righteous Teacher referred to in many scrolls is thought by some scholars to have been a High Priest and a member of the Zadok family line. Jesus, on the other hand, regarded the Temple as a house of prayer and offered forgiveness outside of the temple cult. The scrolls prepared the community about the coming war against the "sons of darkness", while Jesus instructed his disciples to love their enemies--including Gentiles. The common meal for Essenes signified a conformity to purity rituals, while Christians came to accept this as an expression of Jesus' sacrifice. A later chapter comments on how Jesus saw the Temple and the taxes collected on its behalf as an oppression of the poor.
One item of concern for biblical scholars has been the apparent discrepancy between the synoptic gospels and the account in John regarding the Last Supper--the former indicate this was the Passover meal, while the latter synchronizes Jesus' death with the slaughter of the paschal lamb. Scholars have established that two liturgical calendars were in use in the first century--this may account for the scriptural difference. Another matter commented on was how Jesus regarded impurity. The Jewish society in the first century did not employ precise conceptual definitions but used norms based on law. Jesus considered persons to be defiled only by sin (against God), not by ritual.
Many contemporary researchers have suggested that Jesus did not recognize his divinity or messianic authority. This contention is swiftly dispatched in a chapter written by Charlesworth himself by examining the parable of the vineyard (Matthew 21:33-46, Mark 12:1-9, Luke 20:9-19) in which Jesus clearly intends to be identified as the landlord's murdered son. The chapter also includes an analysis on the hymns of the Righteous Teacher as a gardener of eternal planting. In the following chapter, Jesus' criticism of the Essenes is interpreted from the parable of the unjust steward (Luke 16:1-9) including a reference to the prudent economic contacts maintained by the worldly compared to the isolated "sons of light"--a term used by the Essenes to describe themselves. Additional chapters describe archeological investigations regarding the primitive Christian community in first century Jerusalem. A search for the room of the Last Supper is described along with the Essene quarter in the city. Another chapter describes the remains of a crucified man and clinical conclusions that can be drawn therefrom. The final chapter describes the tradition for the ascension of the risen Christ into heaven and the divinity ascribed to Jesus by Christians--according to John's gospel, Christ was logos, God's intermediary form and "light" for the world. This volume, therefore, is a treasure trove of background information for Christians seeking a more complete understanding of the era in which Christ ministered.
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Southern Grit
4.0 out of 5 stars Good book but not actual translation. It is comparison and discussion as it is worked.
Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2018
I gave four stars because when I bought the book, there were no reviews so I determined that this was the writings translated, I was wrong. Nevertheless, I chose this book because of James H. Charlesworth. He is an amazing professional and I trust his overseeing. I first ran across his overseeing of the
Pseudepigrapha v. 1 & 2. I read his bio and learned of the struggles he had at that time fighting the Christian board to even get the Dead Sea Scrolls findings published, because it was Judeo and Christain (Messianic) teachings. I respect him greatly and trust his overseeing.
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M. A. Truman
3.0 out of 5 stars Curate's egg ('Good in parts, vicar...')
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 19, 2001
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I bought this book, relying on the Anchor bible Reference reputation, to have a 'consensus view' against which to measure the views of Robert Eisenman in 'The Dead Sea Scrolls and the first Christians'. The essays written by Charlesworth himself, and some of the others, do this very well, and I could really have done with a book completely written by him rather than edited by him. But two or three of the other essays seem to be less specifically on the point of looking at the DSS in the light of Jesus (or vice versa) and to be straight DSS/Qumran/Essene material - interesting, but not what I was looking for. I have an impression, which may be entirely mistaken, that this book required some considerable editing in places by Charlesworth to get it more into the shape that he wanted it; I wondered whether the co-authoring of some of the essays was intended originally, or whether it had been necessary to rework some of the essays commissioned, which when they came in did not address the subjects that he expected? Just a speculation. So, like the curate's egg, 'good in parts', in fact good in most parts, but a bit whiffy in some...
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