Guest AuthorThe Dead Sea Scrolls were first found in 1947 in Qumran by a Bedouin shepherd boy. He had tossed a stone into a cave and heard a clinking noise—the rock had hit a clay pot containing some of the scrolls. Since then, scrolls have been discovered in...
Logos StaffThe annunciation is Gabriel’s prophetic announcement to Mary that she would give birth to the Son of God. However, in the past, some critics believed the idea of the Messiah as Son of God was a Graeco-Roman concept that Christians picked up after...
Timothy H. Lim"The contribution, then, constitutes the addition of more pieces of the jigsaw puzzle of a previously published scroll, 8HevXIIgr."
William A. RossWilliam A. Ross, assistant professor at Reformed Theological Seminary, explores a recent Dead Sea Scrolls discovery of a few dozen Bible manuscript fragments in Israel and how it may shed new light on Septuagint studies.
Tavis Bohlinger"This [digital] edition will open up the research of the Handbook for easy access...It is a welcome development in the dissemination of the Handbook."
Donald C. McIntyreTextual criticism is a hot topic among biblical scholars. The views on the discipline’s profitability span the extremes of being of crucial importance for serious scholarship and the opposing view of being hostile towards the revered doctrines of...
Dr. John Scwhandt discusses the benefits of studying Greek (0:10), and a Logos Pro Tip about studying the Dead Sea Scrolls (4:00). Study Greek with Dr. John Schwandt For serious theological study, you need to be able to recognize the original words...
Michael S. HeiserThe Dead Sea Scrolls, discovered between 1947 and 1956, transformed biblical studies. Found in a series of caves near an archaeological site on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea known as Qumran, they contributed to research on ancient scribal...
Craig EvansA New Cave, an Old Controversy: Dramatic New Discovery in Israel will Re-Ignite Debates The last Dead Sea Scrolls cave, linked to the ruins on the marl shelf at the mouth of Wadi Qumran, was discovered in 1956, bringing the total number of caves to...
Start your own Pauline studies “On the Spirit and the Letter”Dr. Stephen Chester says one of the tracts that has affected his own studies the most is Augustine’s On the Spirit and the Letter. You can find this tract within the...