08-16-2004, 05:22 PM
Shlama lukhon,
The Dead Sea Scrolls version of Isaiah 61 contains the "sight to the blind" passage.
Many NT critics claim that the gospels writers added to Isaiah to force a messianic fullfillment by Jesus since the Masoretic Isaiah is without this portion.
However with the DSS find, we now have an older Hebrew witness to the fuller Isaiah 61 passage.
-Dean
The Dead Sea Scrolls version of Isaiah 61 contains the "sight to the blind" passage.
Many NT critics claim that the gospels writers added to Isaiah to force a messianic fullfillment by Jesus since the Masoretic Isaiah is without this portion.
However with the DSS find, we now have an older Hebrew witness to the fuller Isaiah 61 passage.
-Dean