Tonight's Academy Lecture

Rev. Andrew Compton continues his Academy series entitled "Current Trends in Old Testament Studies." Join us tonight @ Christ Reformed (7:30 p.m.) for a lively evening of discussion followed by a question and answer period and refreshments.

Rev. Compton's lecture is entitled: Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls, Part 1

Here's the synopsis:  Dan Brown’s The DaVinci Code, in its rewriting of church history, cited among other things, the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls. In fact, since the scrolls’ discovery in 1947, much uncertainty and speculation has ensued over if and how the scrolls relate to the early Christianity. In this lecture, we’ll cover some of the basics of one of the greatest discoveries of the 20^th century for Old Testament studies. We’ll discuss the site of Qumran, the kinds of scrolls found, the Jewish community reflected in the non-biblical scrolls, how the biblical scrolls help us understand the Hebrew text of the Old Testament, and whether the scrolls speak of Christ or the apostolic era. Once the rumors and uncertainty are cleared up, we’ll see that the scrolls are indeed a wonderful historical discovery that tell us a great deal of the evolution of Judaism and the canonization of the Old Testament in the final centuries before Christ.