Other parallels to the New Testament are illuminating. But while illuminating, nothing in the Scrolls has changed the fundamental understanding of the nature of Jesus and apostolic Christianity. At the same time, the Scrolls continue to be the subject of irresponsible, wildly sensational books and television programs. In two hundred pages, supplemented by good quality photographs, VanderKam provides a fascinating, reliable tour through all aspects of the Dead Sea Scrolls. His chapters on the Scrolls and the Old and New Testaments are a model of sober, careful judgment.
Additional reading is suggested for each topic treated.
He does not shy away from discussing, fairly but forthrightly, some of the ugly controversies about the Scrolls that have made headlines in recent years. Ore. He and his family will leave Nine Mile Falls, Wash., and arrive in Medford in July. He is Associate Professor of Christian Education at Nebraska Christian College in Norfolk, Neb., where he and his wife, Patricia, reside. He is an associate minister at Kaimuki Christian Church in Honolulu, Hawaii, where he and Lora reside. Gary and Janet reside in Choctaw.