The Dead Sea Scrolls and the historical Jesus / James H. Charlesworth -- Jesus and the Temple Scroll / Otto Betz -- Membership in the covenant people at Qumran and in the teaching of Jesus / Howard C. Kee -- Recovering Jesus' formative background / Paolo Sacchi -- Jesus as "son" and the righteous teacher as "gardener" / James H. Charlesworth -- The parable of the unjust steward: Jesus' criticism of the Essenes / David Flusser -- Jesus, the primitive community, and the Essene quarter of Jerusalem / Rainer Riesner -- Opposition to the Temple: Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls / Craig A. Evans -- Jesus, table-fellowship, and Qumran / James D. G. Dunn -- Crucifixion: archaeology, Jesus, and the Dead Sea Scrolls / Joe Zias, James H. Charlesworth -- Two ascended to heaven - Jesus and the author of 4Q491 / Morton Smith -- The risen Christ and the angelic mediator figures in light of Qumran / Alan F. Segal.