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Whether complete or only fragmentary, the 930 extant Deceased Sea Scrolls irrevocably altered how we check out and understand the foundations of beliefs and spiritual practice. Now you can get a comprehensive introduction to the unique series of archaeological documents, also to scholars' evolving knowledge of their authorship and value, with these 24 lectures. Learn the actual scrolls are, what they contain, and the way the insights they offered into spiritual and ancient background came into focus. In following a extraordinary account of the way the scrolls were received and ultimately shared - a tale totally 40 years in its unfolding - you can also explore an almost endless treasure trove of new facts and insights. Through the entire lectures, you'll learn about these and other issues: the only historical example of the Jews ever forcibly converting a conquered people to Judaism; the unusual stroke of scholarly fortune displayed in the breakthrough of the first seven scrolls covered in jars; and the remarkable intrigue (sometimes spanning generations) that overlays the storyplot of the scrolls. At the heart of the series will be the documents themselves. You'll spend an abundance of the time reading elements of the actual scrolls in English translation, training your vision to uncover the salient spiritual practices and interesting theological ideas portrayed in these documents. By the conclusion of the ultimate lecture, you should have developed a newfound understanding and appreciation of unprecedented historical find and its own enduring influence along the way we think about - and talk about - old Judaism and Christianity.
