The Dead Sea Scrolls

Unearth the spellbinding story of the greatest archaeological discovery of the 20th century-a 2000 year old library of historical, religious, and linguistic significance.

• By This Professor
• 01: The Discoveries and Their Significance
• 02: The First Seven Scrolls
• 03: Opening and Reading the First Scroll
• 04: The Historical Backdrop of Ancient Judaism
• 05: The Rise of the Jewish Sects
• 06: The Dead Sea Site of the Qumran Sect
• 07: The Emergence of the Rabbinic System
• 08: A Dead Sea Scroll from Medieval Cairo
• 09: Pesher Interpretation-Prophecy Read Anew
• 10: The War Scroll and Other Apocalyptic Texts
• 11: Biblical Manuscripts at Qumran
• 12: Alternative Views of Qumran and the Scrolls
• 13: Stops and Starts En Route to Publication
• 14: The Qumran Vision for a New Temple
• 15: Daily Life at Qumran
• 16: The Halakhic Letter-Rituals Define the Sect
• 17: The Qumran Biblical Canon
• 18: The Qumran Calendar
• 19: Jewish Scholars and Qumran Ritual Practices
• 20: Prayers, Hymns, and the Synagogue
• 21: Qumran Hebrew as an Anti-Language
• 22: The Enigma of the Copper Scroll
• 23: Connections to Christianity
• 24: Scroll Fragments and a New View of Judaism