Editing Dead Sea Scrolls (section)

===Christian origin theory===
Spanish [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] [[José O'Callaghan Martínez]] argued in the 1960s that one fragment (7Q5) preserves a portion of text from the [[New Testament]] [[Gospel of Mark]] 6:52–53.<ref>O'Callaghan–Martínez, Josep, ''Cartas Cristianas Griegas del Siglo V'', Barcelona: E. Balmes, 1963.{{ISBN?}}{{page?|date=September 2024}}</ref> This theory was scrutinized in the year 2000 by [[Palaeography|paleographic]] analysis of the particular fragment. However, this faced some contention, and O'Callaghan's theory remains an area of great dispute. Later analyses in 2004 and 2018 lent credence to O'Callaghan's original assertion.{{Citation needed|date=June 2022}}

[[Robert Eisenman]] has advanced the theory that some scrolls describe the [[Early Christianity|early Christian]] community. Eisenman also argues that the careers of [[James, brother of Jesus|James the Just]] and [[Paul the Apostle]] correspond to events recorded in some of these documents.<ref>Eisenman, Robert H. James, ''the Brother of Jesus: The Key to Unlocking the Secrets of Early Christianity and the Dead Sea Scrolls''. 1st American ed. New York: Viking, 1997. {{ISBN?}}{{page?|date=September 2024}}</ref>