TY  - SOUND
AU  - Rendsburg,Gary
TI  - The Dead Sea scrolls
T2  - The great courses
SN  - 9781598036305
AV  - BM487.T253.D433 2010 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Chantilly, Virginia
PB  - Teaching Company
KW  - Qumran community
KW  - Audiobooks
N1  - Compact discs; "Course no. 6362."; Twenty-four lectures lasting 30 minutes each; The discoveries and their significance --; The first seven scrolls --; Opening and reading the first scroll --; The historical backdrop of ancient Judaism --; The rise of the Jewish sects --; The Dead Sea site of the Qumran sect --; The emergence of the rabbinic system --; A Dead Sea scroll from medieval Cairo --; Pesher interpretation: prophecy read anew --; The war scroll and other apocalyptic texts --; Biblical manuscripts at Qumran --; Alternative views of Qumran and the scrolls; Stops and starts en route to publication --; The Qumran vision for a new temple --; Daily life at Qumran --; The Halakhic letter: rituals define the sect --; The Qumran biblical canon --; The Qumran calendar --; Jewish scholars and Qumran ritual practices --; Prayers, hymns, and the synagogue --; Qumran Hebrew as an anti-language --; The enigma of the copper scroll --; Connections to Christianity --; Scroll fragments and a new view of Judaism; 2
N2  - The discovery of the Dead Sea scrolls in the caves of Qumran could be considered the most remarkable archaeological find of the past century. This course explores the archeology, publication, content, and interpretations of the historical period of the scrolls
ER  -