Yale University Library Research Guides: Dead Sea Scrolls: DSS & Christianity

Dead Sea Scrolls and Christianity

Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls by John Bergsma Argues that the Dead Sea Scrolls community community directly influenced the beliefs and early practices of early Christianity.
Dead Sea Scrolls and the First Christians by Robert Eisenman Challenges the established interpretations of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the traditional views of the origins of Christianity.
The Messiah Before Jesus: The Suffering Servant of the Dead Sea Scrolls by Israel Knohl; David Maisel (Translator) Argues that there was a messianic precursor to Jesus who is described as the "Suffering Servant" in recently published fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Dead Sea Scrolls and New Testament

The Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament by George Brooke Discusses the first-century world shared by the Qumran community and the writers of the New Testament.
Echoes from the Caves: Qumran and the New Testament (Online) by Florentino García Martínez (Editor) The 16 contributions of experts both in the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and on the study of the New Testament analyze the relationship among the two corpora. Some of the studies propose a general understanding of the relationship, other apply it to concrete topics or texts.
The Dead Sea Scrolls and Pauline Literature (Online) by Jean-Sébastien Rey (Editor) Brings together studies by some of the best specialists of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Pauline literature. Explore the relationships between these two corpora in order to explain them more accurately and explain better the diffusion, transformations and reconfiguration of Jewish traditions into Mediterranean Judaism.