Dead Sea Scrolls Scholar Tells All w/ Dr. Kipp Davis

Join me for a fascinating deep-dive into the Dead Sea Scrolls with scholar Dr. Kipp Davis. We explore his personal work on the scrolls and uncover how their discovery has shaped modern biblical scholarship. We’ll walk through the story of how the Dead Sea Scrolls were found, what they say—and what they don’t say. Do they confirm the later Masoretic texts like the Leningrad Codex? Or do they present textual variants that challenge long-held assumptions about the Bible? We’ll also tackle big questions: Can we get back to an “original” Old Testament text—or is the idea of an urtext a scholarly dead end? Do some of these ancient variants actually impact doctrine? Has the discovery of the Scrolls changed how scholars understand the transmission of Scripture? What do the Scrolls reveal about the authorship of Isaiah—and do they support or undermine the idea of multiple Isaiahs? Is the Great Isaiah Scroll really identical to later Hebrew manuscripts, as claimed on Joe Rogan’s podcast? Why is the Septuagint version of Jeremiah shorter than the Masoretic one? And finally, did studying the Dead Sea Scrolls play a role in Dr. Davis’s personal journey away from Christianity? You won’t want to miss this thoughtful and revealing conversation.