disc 1, Lecture 1. The discoveries and their significance --
Lecture 2. The first seven scrolls --
Lecture 3. Opening and reading the first scroll --
Lecture 4. The historical backdrop of ancient Judaism --
Lecture 5. The rise of the Jewish sects --
Lecture 6. The Dead Sea site of the Qumran sect --
disc 2, Lecture 7. The emergence of the rabbinic system --
Lecture 8. A Dead Sea scroll from medieval Cairo --
Lecture 9. Pesher interpretation: prophecy read anew --
Lecture 10. The war scroll and other apocalyptic texts --
Lecture 11. Biblical manuscripts at Qumran --
Lecture 12. Alternative views of Qumran and the scrolls.
disc 3, Lecture 13. Stops and starts en route to publication --
Lecture 14. The Qumran vision for a new temple --
Lecture 15. Daily life at Qumran --
Lecture 16. The Halakhic letter: rituals define the sect --
Lecture 17. The Qumran biblical canon --
Lecture 18. The Qumran calendar --
disc 4, Lecture 19. Jewish scholars and Qumran ritual practices --
Lecture 20. Prayers, hymns, and the synagogue --
Lecture 21. Qumran Hebrew as an anti-language --
Lecture 22. The enigma of the copper scroll --
Lecture 23. Connections to Christianity --
Lecture 24. Scroll fragments and a new view of Judaism.
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