The Dead Sea Scrolls Summary
Whether complete or only fragmentary, the 930 extant Dead Sea Scrolls irrevocably altered how we look at and understand the foundations of faith and religious practice. Now you can get a comprehensive introduction to this unique series of archaeological documents, and to scholars' evolving understanding of their authorship and significance, with these 24 lectures. Learn what the scrolls are, what they contain, and how the insights they offered into religious and ancient history came into focus.
In following the extraordinary story of how the scrolls were acquired and ultimately published - a story fully 40 years in its unfolding - you'll also explore an almost unlimited treasure trove of new facts and insights. Throughout the lectures, you'll learn about these and other topics: the only historical instance of the Jews ever forcibly converting a conquered people to Judaism; the rare stroke of scholarly fortune represented in the discovery of the first seven scrolls sealed in jars; and the extraordinary intrigue (sometimes spanning generations) that overlays the story of the scrolls.
At the heart of this series are the documents themselves. You'll spend a wealth of time reading parts of the actual scrolls in English translation, training your eye to uncover the salient religious practices and intriguing theological ideas expressed in these documents. By the conclusion of the final lecture, you'll have developed a newfound understanding and appreciation of an unprecedented historical find and its enduring influence on the way we think about - and talk about - ancient Judaism and Christianity.
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The Dead Sea Scrolls
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Cultural Literacy for Religion: Everything the Well-Educated Person Should Know
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God and Mankind: Comparative Religions
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Buddhism
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Great World Religions: Christianity
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Great World Religions: Judaism
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Introduction to the Study of Religion
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Mystical Tradition: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
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Comparative Religion
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Religions of the Axial Age: An Approach to the World's Religions
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Religion in the Ancient Mediterranean World
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Confucius, Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammad
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The Apocalypse: Controversies and Meaning in Western History
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Why Evil Exists
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Sacred Texts of the World
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The World of Biblical Israel
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