Abstract
Quiet, pious, peace-loving Father Jose O'Callaghan has rocked the scholarly world. He says he has identified Dead Sea Scroll fragments as portions of the New Testament dating to A.D. 50 - 75 years earlier than the oldest known manuscript and only 15 years after the death of Christ. If accepted, this would radically change current widely-held beliefs about the New Testament. A debate now rages as to whether or not he is correct.