The Veneration of Divine Justice: The Dead Sea Scrolls and Christianity

by Roy A. Rosenberg

Rosenberg looks to the Qumran scrolls for clues to the relationship of the Essenes or Sadoqites to the early Christians. He finds that many of their beliefs, including the expectation of a Moreh Sedeq or Correct Teacher, were taken on by the early Christians and shaped in the early days of the Church.

By comparing Qumran texts with New Testament materials, Rosenberg shows that, in Christian teaching, Jesus plays the part of the three separate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313296553
• ISBN13: 9780313296550
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.5"