--- ARCHAEOLOGY
AND THE SCROLLS. Share the excitement of the original
discovery of the scrolls, and the cloak and dagger exploits
of archaeologists to recover them as part of modern Israel's
ancient heritage. Then explore via the media the remains
of the scrolls' ancient community.
--- THE COMMUNITY, MANUAL OF DISCIPLINE, DAMASCUS RULE- Who were these
mysterious ascetics? How did they live, and die? What means of prayer were
at their disposal as they chose to isolate themselves from the ancient society
that they shunned?
--- THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE SCROLLS- Are these scrolls really a
portion of the Hebrew Bible, or simply a step in the evolutionary ladder
of biblical text?
--- NEW TESTAMENT AND THE SCROLLS- Were the members of this community
followers of John the Baptist ? Did they share in the ministry of Jesus?
Or were they simply another Jewish sect similar to those followers of a charismatic
Galilean rabbi?
--- WAR SCROLL, COPPER SCROLL, TEMPLE SCROLL- Examine three unique
and mysterious scrolls that describe the final battle between good and evil,
hide an enormous treasury of wealth and riches, and give blueprints for the
rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem.
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period of time which sees the evolution
of religious philosophy into what we now consider to be Judaism
and Christianity. We have heard a great deal in recent years
about the Dead Sea Scrolls. What were they? How do they affect
us as members of the great western religious traditions? What
were the historical, social and spiritual parameters that shaped
and molded these ancient traditions into two of the three great
western faiths?