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NT306 The Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament is unavailable, but you can change that!

Craig Evans combines his extensive knowledge of ancient manuscripts and New Testament studies in this course. He provides the history of the Dead Sea Scrolls, their discovery, and the Essenes, and shows how they affect our understanding of Jesus, John the Baptist, and the early church.

That shows you how important Deuteronomy is. And curiously enough, of the five books of Moses, which book is quoted most often in the NT? It’s Deuteronomy. Which book is quoted most often in other writings in the intertestamental period of time? It’s Deuteronomy. And in the rabbis, which of the five books of Moses is quoted most often? Deuteronomy. It’s interesting how you see this pattern. In fact, Jesus appeals to Deuteronomy more than He does to any of the other books of Moses. And so this scroll