Welcome to the Investigators Guide to the Bible. In a wildly exciting episode, we’ll talk about dusty old scrolls, treasure hunts, and hidden secrets of ancient Israel. I’m already captivated, how about you? Like and subscribe for new episodes. Share the episode with everyone you know.
Resources and References so I can pretend I’m really smart:
* Most Bible quotes I used come from the New American Bible, Revised Edition. Washington, DC: Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, 2010 This is just my working Bible for most of these episodes. Any Bible you use will be fine for all of the Biblical references.
If you read something that is not a direct quote and think the brilliant thought might be mine, it is safer to assume I messed up the citation. Give credit to the super smart people below.
1. Wise, Michael; Abegg, Martin Jr.; and Cook, Edward. The Dead Sea Scrolls: A New Translation. New York, NY: HarperCollins, 1996
2. Joseph, Simon J. “Jesus and the Essenes: An Esoteric History”, The Bible and Interpretation. Tucson: The University of Arizona 2018 (https://bibleinterp.arizona.edu/articles/jesus-and-essenes-esoteric-history#comment-form, accessed 7 Sep 2022)
3. Safrai, Schmuel. “Jesus and the Hasidim.” Jerusalem Perspective, Numbers 42,43 and 44. Tel-Aviv: Sabinsky Press, 1994
4. Fraade, S. D. (2009). Qumran Yahad and Rabbinic Hăbûrâ: A Comparison Reconsidered. Dead Sea Discoveries 16, 3, 433-453, Available From: Brill (https://doi.org/10.1163/156851709X474012, Accessed 14 September 2023)
5. Sauter, Megan. “The Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament.” Bible History Daily. Biblical Archaeology Society, Washington DC, 14 Jun 2025 (https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-artifacts/dead-sea-scrolls/the-dead-sea-scrolls-and-the-new-testament/, accessed 16 Jun 2025)
6. Mason, Steve. “Essenes and Lurking Spartans in Josephus’ Judean War: From Story to History.” Making History: Josephus and Historical Method, edited by Zuleika Rodgers, p. 219-261. The Netherlands: Koninklijke Brill NV, 2007
Magness, Jodi. Review of Qumran in Context: Reassessing the Archaeological Evidence by Yizhar Hirschfeld, Society of Biblical Literature, 2005
7. Sauter, Megan. "Introduction, The Dead Sea Scrolls: Past, Present, and Future." Biblical Archaeology Review, Special Supplement Ebook. Washington D.C., 2022, pp. 5-14. (Available at https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/free-ebooks/the-dead-sea-scrolls-past-present-and-future/, accessed 6 Mar 2023.)
8. Hesemann, Michael, translated by Michael J. Miller. Mary of Nazareth: History, Archeology, Legends. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, CA 2016 (Original German edition, 2011, Sankt Ulrich Verlag, Augsburg, Germany.)
9. Pixner, Bargil, O.S.B. Paths of the Messiah: Messianic Sites in Galilee and Jerusalem. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2010
If you want to get an early start on your homework:
Josephus, Flavius. The Wars of the Jews or History of the Destruction of Jerusalem. Translated by William Whiston, PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK. Release Date: 10 Jan 2009 [EBook #2850], Updated: 3 Aug 2013
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