James Tabor | The Dead Sea WAR SCROLL: The First Grand Example of Apocalyptic Failure! @JamesTaborVideos | Uploaded May 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
This is a long and serious study based on a lecture I recently gave to my students in the "Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls" course--which is still open to join. We went through a much neglected text--the WAR SCROLL--found in 1947 and seldom mentioned.
As it turns out it is the FIRST grand example of Apocalyptic Predictions, Expectations, and FAiLURE from 100 years before the time of Jesus. It dates to the first century BCE--not long after the period of the Maccabees. It is very much an "Apocalypse," but one that failed to come about! Many of the core ideas resurface in our early New Testament materials--with everything moved forward to the period before disastrous Jewish Roman War (63-73 CE), when all hopes for deliverance were shattered.
The translation I use here of the Dead Sea Scrolls is that of Geza Vermes, and you can get a copy at this link:
amzn.to/3yDHHuw
You can also sign up for the course itself and get these and many more lectures and class meetings and discussions. It is never too late to join the course--and you own it for life. Check it out here to get an idea of what is included:
On-line Courses:
"Jesus & Dead Sea Scrolls”
mvp-courses.com/tabor-dss
Creating Jesus: Gospel of Mark
mythvisionpodcast.com/firstgospel
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The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley
מהמלים בקשר את המלים ועל סמך המלים
Retired Prof. of Religious Studies/Christian Origins
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
About Dr. James D. Tabor: jamestabor.com/about-dr-tabor
Tabor Books: jamestabor.com/books
Academic Blog: jamestabor.com
Personal Blog: genesia.org
Youtube: youtube.com/jamestaborvideos
Podcast: Spotify and Apple:
podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drjd-tabor
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-things-biblical
Public Facebook: facebook.com/TaborPublic
Join Tabor Research Community: patreon.com/jamesdtabor
Academia:https://independent.academia.edu/JamesTabor8
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Twitter: twitter.com/Jamesdtabor
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linkedin.com/in/james-tabor-12119324
This is a long and serious study based on a lecture I recently gave to my students in the "Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls" course--which is still open to join. We went through a much neglected text--the WAR SCROLL--found in 1947 and seldom mentioned.
As it turns out it is the FIRST grand example of Apocalyptic Predictions, Expectations, and FAiLURE from 100 years before the time of Jesus. It dates to the first century BCE--not long after the period of the Maccabees. It is very much an "Apocalypse," but one that failed to come about! Many of the core ideas resurface in our early New Testament materials--with everything moved forward to the period before disastrous Jewish Roman War (63-73 CE), when all hopes for deliverance were shattered.
The translation I use here of the Dead Sea Scrolls is that of Geza Vermes, and you can get a copy at this link:
amzn.to/3yDHHuw
You can also sign up for the course itself and get these and many more lectures and class meetings and discussions. It is never too late to join the course--and you own it for life. Check it out here to get an idea of what is included:
On-line Courses:
"Jesus & Dead Sea Scrolls”
mvp-courses.com/tabor-dss
Creating Jesus: Gospel of Mark
mythvisionpodcast.com/firstgospel
__________________________________________
The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley
מהמלים בקשר את המלים ועל סמך המלים
Retired Prof. of Religious Studies/Christian Origins
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
About Dr. James D. Tabor: jamestabor.com/about-dr-tabor
Tabor Books: jamestabor.com/books
Academic Blog: jamestabor.com
Personal Blog: genesia.org
Youtube: youtube.com/jamestaborvideos
Podcast: Spotify and Apple:
podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drjd-tabor
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-things-biblical
Public Facebook: facebook.com/TaborPublic
Join Tabor Research Community: patreon.com/jamesdtabor
Academia:https://independent.academia.edu/JamesTabor8
Instagram: instagram.com/drjdtabor
Twitter: twitter.com/Jamesdtabor
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/in/james-tabor-12119324
