Thiede, Carsten Peter.

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Since their discoveries in 1947, the Dead Sea Scrolls have been a source of constant controversy. Scholars still argue over the meaning of the fragmentary texts-especially what they say about the Jewish roots of the first Christian communities. Discovering that the scroll fragments date Mark's gospel much earlier than once believed, Carsten Peter Thiede claims that the Since their discoveries in 1947, the Dead Sea Scrolls have been a source of constant controversy.

In this new book, controversial author and scholar Carsten Thiede turns his attention to perhaps the most enigmatic ancient .

In this new book, controversial author and scholar Carsten Thiede turns his attention to perhaps the most enigmatic ancient documents ever found in the Bible lands: the Dead Sea Scrolls. Unravelling the complex history of the Scrolls since their discovery in 1947, Carsten Thiede sets them in context by revealing what scholars now know about the Essene community which originated them. He then turns his attention to the scrolls themselves. The connections between the Jewish Essenes and the early Christians, Thiede argues, show that the early Christians saw themselves essentially as a movement within Judaism and not as founders of a radically new religion.

What can we say to people who persist in finding support for their scriptures in materials that do not in the least impinge one way or another on their faith? That is the issue facing the reader of The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Jewish Origins of Christianity. After all, he argues, no other known texts seem to fit the spacing and letter constellations we posit

Carsten Peter Thiede.

Carsten Peter Thiede.

Publication: Oxford (UK) : Lion Publishing, 2001Description: 256 p. : ill . SBN: 0-7459-5050-7. Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-248) and index. Subject: Свитки (рукописи) Мертвого моря - Критицизм (анализ), интерпретация, Dead Sea scrolls - Criticism, interpretation, etc Рукописи Мертвого моря - Отношение к Новому Завету /. Dead Sea scrolls - Relation to the New Testament Кумранская община, Qumran community Христианство - Происхождение, Christianity - Origin.

The vital significance of the Dead Sea scrolls for Christian origins is that they clarify and enrich our . Carsten Thiede, announced in December 1994, his discovery of a first century AD fragments of the gospel of Matthew

The vital significance of the Dead Sea scrolls for Christian origins is that they clarify and enrich our understanding of the Jewish milieu in which Jesus and the early Christians lived. The Hebrew Bible was the major fount of theological expressions and concepts for both parties. Carsten Thiede, announced in December 1994, his discovery of a first century AD fragments of the gospel of Matthew. The fragments, held in various museums, were reclassified and redated, using palæography, to around 70 AD.

Carsten Peter Thiede OCF KStJ (8 August 1952 – 14 December 2004) was a German archaeologist and New Testament scholar. The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Jewish Origins of Christianity (2003). He taught as Professor of New Testament Times and History at the Staatsunabhängige Theologische Hochschule (STH) in Basel and at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheba, Israel. He often advanced theories that conflicted with the consensus of academic and theological scholarship. The Cosmopolitan World of Jesus: New Light from Archaeology (2004).

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