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Christian Beginnings and the Dead Sea Scrolls is unavailable, but you can change that!

The Dead Sea Scrolls, discovered more than half a century ago, have proved to be the most important modern discovery related to biblical literature, Judaism of late antiquity, and nascent Christianity. The scrolls have made an important contribution to our understanding of the development of the text and canon of Scripture, including such issues as textual preservation and transmission. They have...

and put a pure heart [לב טהור] in its place” (4Q436 frag. 1 1.10 = 4Q435 frag. 1 1.1), which is dependent on Psalm 51:10 (51:12 Heb.), where “pure heart” stands parallel to “steadfast spirit.”62 Who is speaking in this passage and whether the “I” is gnomic is unclear. The author continues: “And the evil inclination [יצר רע] you have driven with rebukes from within me and a spirit of holiness you have set within my heart [ש שמתה בלבבי[ורוח קוד]]” (4Q436 frag. 1 1.10–2.1 = 4Q435 frag. 1 1.2). The phrase
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