Scrolls and Christianity, in Understanding the Dead Sea Scrolls: A Reader from the Biblical Archaeology Review (New York:Random House, 1992); Joan E. Taylor, The Immerser: John the Baptist Within Second Temple Judaism (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997); John Pryke, John the Baptist and the Qumran Community, Revue de Qumran 16 (1964); Ian McDonald, What Did You Go Out to See? John the Baptist, the Scrolls and Late Second Temple Judaism, in The Dead Sea Scrolls in Their Historical Context, ed. by T. Lim, et al. (New York: T & T Clark, 2004). The Jesus Seminars, listed in the middle column of the table, are meetings of a group of biblical scholars who discuss New Testament topics and then vote to determine a majority view. Founded in 1985 in America, the conclusions of the Jesus Seminar on the issue of John the Baptists relationship with the Essenes is purportedly summed up by John W. B. Tatum, who says the Baptist may have been a Essene at some period in his life (John the Baptist and Jesus: A Report of the Jesus Seminar (Sonoma, CA: Polebridge, 1994)). Geza Vermes, in a lecture at University College London, December 7, 1998, declared, On balance John the Baptist was a member at Qumran (Taylor, The Immerser). Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict XVI), Homily given at the Mass of the Lords Supper, April 5, 2007, at the Basilica of St. John Lateran, Rome. http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/homilies/2007/documents/hf_ben-xvi_hom_20070405_coena-domini_en.html.8 Robert Feather, The Mystery of the Copper Scroll of Qumran (Rochester, VT: Inner Traditions, 2003). 9 Matthew Black, The Scrolls and Christian Origins (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 1961); Hugh Schonfield, The Passover Plot (London: Element, 1993); Those Incredible Christians (London: Element, 1985); In a lecture at the Spiro Institute, London, on March 15, 2000, Maccoby spoke for over two hours on the origins of Christianity without once mentioning the Essenes.10 John Dominic Crossan, Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography (San Francsico: HarperSanFrancisco, 1995). 11 V. K. Pomykala, The Davidic Dynasty Tradition in Early Judaism (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1995). See also Richard S. Hess and M. Daniel Carroll, Israels Messiah in the Bible and in the Dead Sea Scrolls (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2003). 12 Margaret Barker, The Time Is Fulfilled: Jesus and the Jubilee, Scottish Journalof Theology, vol. 53, no. 22, 2000.13 Joseph A. Fitzmyer, Responses to 101 Questions on the Dead Sea Scrolls (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1992).14 D. W. Rooke, Jesus as Royal Priest: Reflections of the Interpretation of the Melchizedek Tradition in Heb. 7, Biblica 81 (2000).15 Yigael Yadin, A Note on Melchizedek and Qumran, Israel Exploration Journal 15, (1965); M de Jonge and A. S. Van der Woude, 11Q Melchizedek and the New Testament, New Testament Studies 12 (1966); J. A. Fitzmyer, Further Light on Melchizedek from Qumran Cave 11, Journal of Biblical Studies 86 (1967).16 Mamdouh El-Beltagui, The Holy Family in Egypt (Cairo: Egyptian Ministry of Tourism, 1999). According to local traditions, the Holy Family stayed in Egypt for three years and eleven months; Coptic Christians celebrate their journey each year on June 1 (see Christian Cannuyer, LEgypte Copte (Paris: Gallimard/IMA, 2000). The