Genesis 3:15

Genesis 3:15 – Seed of Woman Genesis 22:18 – Abraham’s Seed J Genesis 49:10 – Lawgiver from Judah Numbers 24:17 – Star from Jacob Deuteronomy 18:17 – New Prophet E 2 Samuel 7:13 – Messiah from David Psalm 16:10 – Death and Resurrection Psalm 22:1-31 – Psalm of the Cross S Psalm 110:1-5 – Messiah’s Priesthood Isaiah 7:14 – Virgin to Conceive a Son Isaiah 9:6 -7 – Son on Throne of David U Isaiah 53:1-12 – Death of the Christ Jeremiah 31:31 – New Covenant Daniel 2:44 – Messiah’s Kingdom S Genesis 3:15 – Seed of Woman Genesis 22:18 – Abraham’s Seed J Genesis 49:10 – Lawgiver from Judah Numbers 24:17 – Star from Jacob Deuteronomy 18:17 – New Prophet E 2 Samuel 7:13 – Messiah from David Psalm 16:10 – Death and Resurrection Psalm 22:1-31 – Psalm of the Cross S Psalm 110:1-5 – Messiah’s Priesthood Isaiah 7:14 – Virgin to Conceive a Son Isaiah 9:6 -7 – Son on Throne of David U Isaiah 53:1-12 – Death of the Christ Jeremiah 31:31 – New Covenant Daniel 2:44 – Messiah’s Kingdom S

What are they?

Ancient manuscripts discovered near the Dead Sea.

Old Testament books and other writings. Who found them?

A young Bedouin shepherd boy looking for a lost goat.

Found inside caves near the Dead Sea. When were they found?

Initial find was in 1947.

Discoveries continued into the 1950s.

Work being done at the site today. What do they contain?

Four classes of More than 200 copies documents: of

Old Testament books • Sectarian • Apocryphal Nearly half are copies • Religious of the books of the • Bible Books Law – the Torah What do they contain? THE GREAT ISAIAH SCROLL What methods are used to date the books? paleographic Paleography: Study of Ancient Writing dating used to determine the period in (250-150 BC) which a document was written

writing styles formatting of text shapes and markings of letters composition of inks writing media What methods are used to date the books? paleographic Radiocarbon method: measures

dating residual carbon -14 in a sample (250-150 BC) More than 20 scrolls sampled radiocarbon dating The Great Isaiah Scroll: (200-100 BC) Sampled by:

Willard Libby (200 BC) Univ. of Arizona (191 BC ± 32) ETH Zurich Univ. (178 BC ± 38) What methods are used to date the books? paleographic Radiocarbon method: measures

dating residual carbon -14 in a sample (250-150 BC) The Great Isaiah Scroll tested radiocarbon at University of Arizona (AMS) dating (200-100 BC)

What methods are used to date the books?

paleographic Archaeological dating: determinations dating from what is unearthed at the site (250-150 BC) • Building materials: (153 - 63 BC) radiocarbon dating • Architecture: Jannaeus era (103 - 76 BC) (200-100 BC) • Coinage: Antiochus VII (138 - 129 BC) archaeological • Evidence of earthquake ca. 31 BC dating predate Christ Scriptorium found at Qumran – where scrolls were produced.

A Translation of the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek

• Translating work begun by at least 250 BC • Books of Moses (Torah) were first to be done • Translating work was begun in Alexandria • Entire work completed as early as 132 BC • Septuagint was quoted by Jesus and apostles • The Old Testament of the early Christians • Contains the same prophecies as your Bible A Translation of the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek

Acts 3:22-23 For Moses truly said to the fathers, "The LORD your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. Him you shall hear in all things, whatever He says to you. And it shall be that every soul who will not hear that Prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people."

DEUTERONOMY 18:17-19 Two Witnesses That The Books Of The Prophets Were Extant Prior To The Birth Of Jesus Christ

The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Septuagint and the prophecies found in them were produced by real people in real places.

The words of the prophets point to a real person who died for your sins.