by Matthew N. Morales | Aug 14, 2022 | Biblical Studies, Christian Origins, Christianity, Judaism, Religion, Revelation Unredacted, Textual Criticism
The Two Witnesses Taken to Heaven in a Cloud. Image Credit: FCIT. This post is the second of a five-part series exploring the proposal of an original Essene Jewish core of the Book of Revelation. In case you missed it, catch up by reading part one where I lay out the...
by Matthew N. Morales | Aug 7, 2022 | Biblical Studies, Books, Christian Origins, Christianity, Dead Sea Scrolls, Judaism, Mythology, Religion, Revelation Unredacted, Textual Criticism
A surrealistic take on Revelation. Image credit: W. Ralph Walters. “For there shall be yet another vision concerning the appointed time. It shall tell of the end and shall not lie.”Habakkuk 2:3 “Interpreted, this means that the final age shall be...
by Matthew N. Morales | Mar 13, 2022 | Christian Origins, Christianity, Dead Sea Scrolls, Judaism
Introduction Since their discovery in 1947, the Dead Sea Scrolls have presented no great shortage of riddles. Who wrote them? When were they written? Why were they deposited in the caves of Qumran? These are basic questions that scholars have yet to provide...
by Matthew N. Morales | Feb 20, 2022 | Christian Origins, Dead Sea Scrolls
When I published my initial two posts, the most frequent objection raised was the oft-heard refrain that, “The Dead Sea Scrolls predate the life of Jesus.” This statement has been repeated so many times that even learned minds have come to take it as fact. In this...
by Matthew N. Morales | Aug 24, 2021 | Christian Origins, Dead Sea Scrolls, Mythology
I, Theophilus, was in the land of the Eagle on the Lord’s Day. I had been studying the scriptures and was in the Spirit, when after many hours of seeking the truth, I fell into a deep slumber. After I know not how long, I awoke to find that night had fallen, and my...
by Matthew N. Morales | Aug 2, 2021 | Archaeology, Christian Origins, Dead Sea Scrolls
The Tomb of Jesus The discovery of the so-called Talpiot Tomb made waves in the media with the release of The Lost Tomb of Jesus documentary produced by James Cameron and directed by Simcha Jacobovici (2007). Perhaps in part because of this approach, many scholars...
