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From: Julian Goldberg 
Subject: Isaiah Scroll and Jesus (fwd)
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Hi.  One of the best preserved Dead Sea scrolls is the Isaiah scroll (1 Q 
Isa) which is well-known.  There is also another well preserved scroll of
Isaiah (1 Q Isb) which is slightly different from (1 Q Isa).   In Luke
4:18 Jesus is reading from the scroll of Isaiah in the synagogue.  This
reading is related to Isaiah 61:1 in the Septuagint rather than the 
Masoretic text word for word.  Now if one of the above Dead Sea scrolls
matches this reading as found in the New Testament and the Septuagint
would it not have been perhaps possible that Jesus may have actually
read from this scroll itself?  Of course this could be a matter of 
faith for some people to believe this but my speculation is interesting.
Also, the scroll would have to have been written many years before Jesus
read from it.  Please write back to me when you can.  Thanks.

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