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...Document,’ which depicts the future Messiah with uncanny accuracy
See how an ancient manuscript from the Dead Sea Scrolls supports the Christian view of Jesus as the Messiah.
There I was, reading a translation of the Melchizedek Document—that is, manuscript 11Q13, a text from the Dead Sea Scrolls. And my mouth was hanging open in awe.
The Dead Sea Scrolls are a group of mostly Hebrew manuscripts found in the mid-twentieth century that date back to the period between the third century B.C. and the first century A.D. They are a significant resource for understanding the first-century Jewish context of the New Testament.
As for the Melchizedek Document, it details the person of the coming Messiah . . . in terms that read as if they had been copied directly from the New Testament! And this at least a hundred years before Christ was born!
In this article, I’d like to explore some of the details this manuscript relays about the Messiah, and how they corroborate the New Testament’s understanding of Jesus. This will help demonstrate that the New Testament’s claims about the Messiah are legitimately situated within the historical context of Old Covenant interpretations of Scripture.
Continued below.
Jesus in the Dead Sea Scrolls
See how an ancient manuscript from the Dead Sea Scrolls supports the Christian view of Jesus as the Messiah.
There I was, reading a translation of the Melchizedek Document—that is, manuscript 11Q13, a text from the Dead Sea Scrolls. And my mouth was hanging open in awe.
The Dead Sea Scrolls are a group of mostly Hebrew manuscripts found in the mid-twentieth century that date back to the period between the third century B.C. and the first century A.D. They are a significant resource for understanding the first-century Jewish context of the New Testament.
As for the Melchizedek Document, it details the person of the coming Messiah . . . in terms that read as if they had been copied directly from the New Testament! And this at least a hundred years before Christ was born!
In this article, I’d like to explore some of the details this manuscript relays about the Messiah, and how they corroborate the New Testament’s understanding of Jesus. This will help demonstrate that the New Testament’s claims about the Messiah are legitimately situated within the historical context of Old Covenant interpretations of Scripture.
Continued below.
Jesus in the Dead Sea Scrolls
