Show w"irm T 1 Page 18 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday March 30 2000 jueaa sea serous smm eirawm authentic in their By Richard N OstUng AP Religion Writer The Dead Sea Scrolls are often celebrated as the 20th century's most important archaeological discovery Though the first scrolls were found in 1947 full assessment of their significance was not possible until die texts became widely available to scholars in the 1990s' The scrolls were written or collected by a remote sect near the Dead Sea during the last two centuries BC and the first century For the average person the most important question is whether these writings have anything to do with Jesus The emerging answer: definitely yes and certainly not That is the specialists tell us many Jewish ideas expressed in the scrolls are found in the later New Testament The four Gospels now appear some- ' what less unique but also more setting But scholars have dismissed speculations about direct links between die Dead Sea sect and Jesus as well as sensational claims that the church covered up scrolls secrets that would supposedly hurt Christianity Rr solid treatment of these and all first-centu- ry other aspects of the scrolls from Aaron to Zoroastrianism nothing tops the new “Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls" a 1063-pag- e $295l)lockbuster from Oxford University Press Prominent Jewish and Christian authorities respectively Lawrence Schiffman of New York University and James VanderKam of die University of Notre Dame led the editorial team The main article pn Jesus is by Kuhn of the UniverMunich of Germany Kuhn is no sity fundamentalist He asserts — without 193-mem- Heinz-Wolfga- ng providing evidence — that Jesus didn’t understand himself to be die messiah probably never named end-tim- Lutherans from around the - country gathered to organize their resistance to a pact with die Episcopal Church they say would radically change the way Lutheran ministers are ordained The meeting Sunday opened the constituting convention for WordAlone Network an organization that seeks to overturn the adoption of the Episcopal ordination practice called “historic episcopate” WordAlone supporters don’t oppose the alliance to recognize and share Episcopal sacraments and clergy and ts cooperate in missionary which the Evangelical Church in America approved last summer Together the two churches have about 75 million members But the agreement requires Lutherans to ordain their cler-gy through historic episcopate ! pro-jec- - The historic episcopate similar ideas elsewhere in Judaism America's “Jesus Seminar” radicals recently recycled this ' theory Kuhn says that view is “exegetical-l- y untenable” We now know that the first-centu- American Lutheran Church before it merged with the Lutheran Church of America to form today's ELCA “It is the same sign to us that a Confederate flag is to African Americans" said A1 Quie a former Minnesota governor who spoke at the convention somewhat similar teachings on the end time!: It’s possible says Kuhn that John the Baptist Jesus' forerunner and cousin belonged to the Dead Sea sect at one time But there’s no hard evi- - four-da- I mand to love one’s enemies Kuhn says had no parallel in ancient Jewish literature The Dead Sea “Rule of the Community” told to “love all the children of light” but to “hate all the children of fd-lowe- darkness”' 753-55- f Another obvious difference The Dead Sea sect died out after AD 68 But the Christians combined Jewish traditions with belief In Jesus as the messiah and Son of God and says Kuhn their Jewish splinter pre-existi- group soon covered the known world fi ' Elite Hall Dance 75 Contra Dance '“' 753-30- 44 Meals on Wheels 716-719- Lace ‘N Levis The Lace N Levis Square Dance Chib 730 to 10 pre Saturday at the Cache County Senior Citizen Cen-- ’ ter at 240 N 100 East Logan Dixie and Elmer Clark will cue rounds and Renny Mann will call squares Call wiU dance from 752-063- 7 resistance said the Rev Roger Eigenfeld WordAlone chair EL and pastor of St Andrew’s 752-75- 96 Deadlines explained Happenings are published asafreeser-vic- e in The Herald Journal on Tuesdays le Thursdays and Sundays on a basis For more information call Meredith Purintun at space-availab- 752-21- 21 AMOR Lutheran Church die host congregation 1 status fti DOZEN ROSES ARRANGED 85 r FOR PI J - for 6 months bi 6 kuiJb5tVAnnando Lopez ftniYrtaslrrtbrmacidn llama'ihrh'jrnA (801) IIWnB— JULQWWMM JchnNBhmVOWnM8M s Misidn Bautista Hisparia Emanuel 11 908-68- 92 C5550 in Utah o al (435) 41 North Main Logan V 245-58- 98 5$° FRED’SFLOWERSISK jiL' ifTT-- ' in Idaho) OBE 752-624- 2 &get the spirit tube or USUI For each month that you subscribe to The Herald Journal we will donate $1 to the school of your choice f- ' !$ "! v v V t- & i'1 if: SkyView'2 StadtjB HigHSchbol ' i ' 4V ' --V -- f' - VI 4 - V- s & sVr-n al iw 1 VSest Side High school :W- i' Utah SWte - r Uahranity iX- to set your spirit tube well as T: today at 752 2128 or newspaper delivery Call Vry' tc V-- ' ’V'r' — can be used for your " for details! us more ' kauaiu waw as'- - This offer is non-subscrib- ers j : :s- - 'Tv i Call The Herald Journal rs A Tor All Seasons” dance is from 8:30 Starting Over Single is having a video to 11 pm Saturday at the Elite Hall and pot feck night at 7 pre Friday Newcomen are welcome For more informa- There will be swing ballroom big band f country music and live music on tap The tion call Joan at cost is $3 and everyone is welcome Dance lessons from 7 to 8 pm $1 per person For information call The Cache Valley Folk Dancers are holding a New England Style Contra Dance at 730 pjn Saturday at the WhittiMeals bn Wheitis volunteers are needed er Community Center 290 N 400 East in Logan Live music fay Loose Shoes All to deliver approximately ten meals to dances are taught beginners are welcome senior citizens who are homebound This is firm 1130 are to 12:30 pre daily For A $4 donation is requested at die door: 0 more information call Kris at The Cache Singles will meet from 5:30 to 7 pre Friday at Tony Roma’s Newcomers are encouraged to join us for this informal gathering of single friends and to contribute ideas for future group activities For further information call Kathryn at SON Pre-pa- y The Dead Sea sect also excluded tiie blind lame crippled and those with other physical impairments But Jesus taught that the poor maimed Starting Over Single Cache Singles 'JEFFERSONS’JACKSON FUNDRAISER a ed i'yearisJ- -' r 2) y CACHE DEMOCRATS April full-fledg- lame and blind should be welcomed (Luke 14:13 21) And Jesus took a more relaxed atti-tude toward Sabbath observance (hie scroll barred saving an animal that falls into a pit on the Sabbath while Jesus explicitly taught the opposite (Luke 14:5 Matthew 12:11-1And consider Jesus famous com(Matthew 5:44 Luke 6:2735) yvhich sin-ne- rs Dead Sea writers and Jesus held convention was designed to (dan forms of The serious consideration Why? The scrolls contain no reference to Jesus or early Christians Nor do the New Testament books make any direct reference to the sect or its writings — an especially mysterious' feCt More important there are simply One example is Jesus' openness to table fellowship with notorious (for instance in Matthew 11 Mark 2 and Luke 3 7 13 and 19) By contrast the Dead Sea sect was so intent on ritual purity that it didn’t allow new members to drink along- side members for two ry n weakens die Lutheran tradition of tiie priesthood of all believers and sets up the church asa caste system said The Rev David Prcus president of tiie ' es Quaker Boy Game Calls will be on hand to demonstrate how better to attract wild turkeys with various types of game ell-Iconjunction with the demonstration ATs will be offering discounts and free prizes Ttukey hunting is growing in popularity in Utah and this year’s season begins April 15 For information call apos- - were falsely attributed to Jesus too many religious differences because there was no evidence of between the Dead Sea sect and Jesus Al’s Sporting Goods will host a turkey in which each bishop is installed by a laying-o- n of game call demonstration from noon to 2 hands by three predecessor pm Friday at the store 1617 North Main Worwood a pro staffer for bishops from a line believed to Logan Lynn extend back to Christ’s tles - d” celebrated the Last Supper The scrolls are especially important in understanding Jesus' teachings on eschatology (die “last things”) Until die scrolls were discovered influential liberal scholars including Germany’s Rudolf Buhmann argued that statementsln d& Gospels Lutherans rally to oppose Happenings pact with Episcopal Church Turkey calling MAHTOMEDI Minn (AP) — More than a thousand dence and the idea that- Jesus for belonged to it is “too Twelve Apostles and might not have : ‘ " V' ' |