05/29/2026
Most Christians assume Paul was essentially inventing Christianity from scratch — a blank-sheet theologian building a new faith. But the Dead Sea Scrolls, written more than 100 years before Paul, contain the same ideas, the same theology, even the same terminology Paul used. Church scholars who study these ancient historical documents know this. So why is institutional Christianity so quiet about this pivotal moment in biblical history?
This clip from digs into what the Dead Sea Scrolls actually reveal about Paul, his Jewish roots, and the origins of New Testament thought — and what it means for how we understand Christianity’s origins and the ancient history behind it.