
Daniel M. Gurtner
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Daniel M. Gurtner
@DanielMGurtner
Professor of New Testament at Gateway Seminary (Ontario, CA). Views are my own.














The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls was a theological earthquake because it showed that the Hebrew Bible was already fixed and faithfully transmitted centuries before the time of Jesus. This overturned earlier scholarly theories that the Jewish scriptures had been extensively rewritten in late antiquity or the Middle Ages. There are people who believe that the Torah was changed and corrupted over time. The Dead Sea Scrolls proved them wrong.

I have been frustrated by the claims of some that the DSS fundamentally agree with the MT. In addition to consulting some of the key studies, I wanted to produce some data using Washburn's Catalog of the DSS. Here it is.

How did early readers think about the relationship between the gospels? Retweet for a drawing to win a free book.

@TGC Due to a generous donor, you can get a free digital copy of the book at josephusandjesus.com














