What do the Dead Sea Scrolls reveal about the origins of Christianity ?

The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls gave us a glimpse into Jewish life at the time of Jesus. What insights do they provide on how his teachings took shape? The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1946 has been called the greatest manuscript discovery of modern times.
Some 100,000 fragments from around 900 manuscripts, dating from the third century B.C. to 68 A.D., were uncovered in clay pots tucked away in 11 caves in the West Bank’s Qumran region near the Dead Sea.
Most scholars believe they were written and copied by a mystic Jewish sect known as the Essenes. Comprising every section of the Old Testament plus sectarian manuscripts, these scrolls are extremely important to the Jewish faith. But with Christianity’s foundation rooted in Judaism, they also illuminate the earliest foundations of Christianity.
Or do they? Jesus is not mentioned in any of them-in fact, most were written before Jesus began his ministry. So what’s the connection between the Dead Sea Scrolls and early Christianity?
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