TY - BOOK AU - Palumbo,Arthur E. TI - The Dead Sea scrolls: and the personages of earliest Christian SN - 0875862969 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - BM487 .P32 2004 U1 - 296.1/55 22 PY - 2004/// CY - New York PB - Algora Pub. KW - Jesus Christ KW - Dead Sea scrolls KW - Relation to the New Testament KW - Bible KW - New Testament KW - History of Biblical events KW - Qumran community KW - Christianity KW - Origin N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-298) and index; Who wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls? -- The baptism of John -- John's food and dress -- The first ones -- Zadok -- John the Baptist -- Dositheus -- James the Righteous -- The hymn scroll -- The Kittim -- The lion of wrath -- Herod, Agrippa I, and, Agrippa II -- The coming visitation -- Khirbet Qumran and the scrolls -- The family of Jesus -- Microletters -- The trial and crucifixion of Jesus -- The hypothesis -- The slavonic Josephus -- The fate of the son of Joseph -- Simon Magus -- Saul, Paul, the pillars, and the Twelve -- The creation of Christianity ER -