comparing the two, and only then proceeding to discuss other conceptual systems. I believe this approach leads to the conclusion that the Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament speak with one voice with regard to the flesh-spirit dichotomy, a voice that is different from the biblical, Greek, and Gnostic dualisms of spirit and matter. One evident difference between the worldview of the Scrolls and the New Testament, on the one hand, and certain Greek and Gnostic positions, on the other, is that the