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The Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament

By James C. VanderKam
043 What do the Dead Sea Scrolls tell us about the New Testament? One possible answer is: Nothing. The scrolls were associated with a relatively small group, or, rather, with several small groups.a Other Jewish people, like the first Christians,...
Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 2015

The Dead Sea Scrolls and Early Christianity: Part One

How are they related?
By James C. VanderKam
014 Almost from the moment the first Dead Sea Scrolls came under scholarly scrutiny, the question of their relation to early Christianity became a key issue. The early days of Qumrana research produced some spectacular theories regarding the...
Bible Review, December 1991

The Dead Sea Scrolls and Early Christianity: Part Two

What they share
By James C. VanderKam
016 Many of the ritual and community practices of the Qumran covenanters, who lived near the Dead Sea and who produced what we call the Dead Sea Scrolls, have impressive parallels among New Testament Christians. Here are just a few: Acts...
Bible Review, February 1992

The Dead Sea Scrolls: How They Changed My Life

By James H. CharlesworthJames C. VanderKam
060 35 Scrolls Still in Private Hands By James H. Charlesworth In 1954, at the age of 14, I was living with my family in Delray Beach, Florida. I would spend summers exploring the Everglades in my kayak, wondering wide-eyed at the alligators and...
Biblical Archaeology Review, September/October 2007

Enoch’s Vision of the Next World

By James C. VanderKam
032 What is the appeal of that curious collection of tales known as the Book of Enoch? It is (and was) that it provides a glimpse into the beyond. As George Nickelsburg suggests in his new commentary, Enoch reassures the faithful that there was...
Bible Review, April 2003

The People of The Dead Sea Scrolls

Essenes or Sadducees?
By James C. VanderKam
042 Adjacent to the 11 caves on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea where the famous Dead Sea Scrolls were found are the remains of an ancient settlement overlooking the Wadi Qumran. It is almost certain that the people who lived in this...
Bible Review, April 1991

Sacred Sex, Sacrifice and Death

Understanding a prophetic poem
By Susan Ackerman
038 Sacred sex, child sacrifice, the cult of the dead—these are the subjects of a powerful, 11-verse poem in Isaiah 57:3–13. Our task will be to understand how the poet makes his points, why he juxtaposes these three seemingly different subjects...
Bible Review, February 1990

Jubilees

How it rewrote the Bible
By James C. VanderKam
033 The book of Jubilees belongs to a category of literature that contemporary scholars designate by the pleasantly vague tag “the Rewritten Bible.”1 The author of the book, like a number of other ancient Jewish writers, found it convenient to...
Bible Review, December 1992

Biblical Views: “Rocks of Unevangelized Lands”

By Susan Ackerman
Biblical Archaeology Review, September/October 2008

My View

The newness of the Old Testament
By Bernhard W. Anderson
Bible Review, Fall 1986

The Changing Scene in Biblical Theology

The Old Testament/Hebrew Bible has an independence that should not be compromised by either Christianizing or Judaizing it. Together, we need to discuss what it says about God and God’s relationship to human beings and the world.
By Bernhard W. Anderson
Bible Review, February 1994

We’ve Come a Long Way, Baby (But Still Have a Ways to Go)

U.S. News’s report on feminist Bible scholarship is good—but it’s too bad it didn’t get the full picture.
By Susan Ackerman
Bible Review, October 1998

Greek for Bible Readers

The next step
By David Alan Black
Bible Review, February 1994

Book Notes

Reviewed by Elizabeth JohnsonJames C. VanderKam
Bible Review, October 1993

Greek for Bible Readers

Getting at the meaning of words
By David Alan Black
Bible Review, October 1991

Book Notes

Reviewed by James C. VanderKam
Bible Review, April 1994

Book Notes

Reviewed by Elizabeth JohnsonJames C. VanderKam
Bible Review, August 1992

Book Notes

Reviewed by Elizabeth JohnsonJames C. VanderKam
Bible Review, December 1992

Book Notes

Reviewed by Elizabeth JohnsonJames C. VanderKam
Bible Review, August 1993

ReViews

Jewish Literature between the Bible and the Mishnah: A Historical and Literary Introduction
George W.E. Nickelsburg
Reviewed by James C. VanderKam
Biblical Archaeology Review, May/June 2006

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