{"id":538,"date":"2023-02-02T15:23:25","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T23:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wsrp\/?page_id=538"},"modified":"2023-05-11T16:42:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T23:42:34","slug":"testimonia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wsrp\/testimonia\/","title":{"rendered":"Testimonia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Testimonia was found in Cave Four near the site of Khirbet Qumran near the shores of the Dead Sea in the early 1950’s. It is a short document, complete except for a piece missing in the lower right corner. The name “Testimonia” comes from an early type of Christian writing, which it resembles in literary style. The Christian Testimonia was a collection of verses from the Bible about the Messiah, strung together to prove some kind of a point. Verses used like this are usually called “proof-texts.” The Testimonia from Qumran is not a Christian document but does resemble the early Christian Testimonia because of its use of a number of verses dealing with a theme.<\/p>\n

The Qumran text includes five biblical quotations connected by interpretation. The first two quotations refer to the raising up of a prophet like Moses. The third quotation refers to a royal Messiah, the fourth to a priestly Messiah. The quotation from Joshua is connected to the coming of a time of great disaster, brought on by those dedicated to evil. The manuscript is usually dated to the middle of the first century B.C.E.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n

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