F.F. Bruce on the Holy Spirit in the Qumran Texts

The following article is now available on-line in PDF:

F.F. Bruce, "Holy Spirit in the Qumran Texts," Annual of Leeds University Oriental Society 6 (1966/68): 49-55.

F.F. Bruce compares the teaching about the Holy Spirit in the New Testament and in the Dead Sea Scrolls.

F.F. Bruce on Qumran and the New Testament

The following article is now available in PDF:

F.F. Bruce, "Qumran and the New Testament," Faith and Thought 90.2 (1958): 92-102.

This is another of F.F. Bruce's excellent studies on the Dead Sea Scrolls. In this article he examines some of the many theories that sprang up within a few years of the discoveries relating to the influence of the Qumran sectarians on the NT and gives his evaluation of each.

F.F. Bruce on Qumran and the Old Testament

The following article is now available in PDF:

F.F. Bruce, "Qumran and the Old Testament," Faith and Thought 91.1 (1959): 9-27.

Professor Bruce explains the significance of the discoveries in the caves at Qumran for Old Testament textual criticism and interpretation.

F.F. Bruce on Biblical Exegesis at Qumran

The following monograph is now on-line in PDF:

F.F. Bruce, Biblical Exegesis in the Qumran Texts. London: The Tyndale Press, 1960. Pbk. pp.88.

F.F. Bruce looks at the "pesher" exegesis used at Qumran and explores how this helps us to understand how the early church interpreted the OT. My thanks to the late Professor Bruce's daughter for her kind permission to reproduce this important study.