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24 Lectures 1The Discoveries and Their Significance 2The First Seven Scrolls 3Opening and Reading the First Scroll 4The Historical Backdrop of Ancient Judaism 5The Rise of the Jewish Sects 6The Dead Sea Site of the Qumran Sect 7The Emergence of the Rabbinic System 8A Dead Sea Scroll from Medieval Cairo 9Pesher Interpretation-Prophecy Read Anew 10The War Scroll and Other Apocalyptic Texts 11Biblical Manuscripts at Qumran 12Alternative Views of Qumran and the Scrolls 13Stops and Starts En Route to Publication 14The Qumran Vision for a New Temple 15Daily Life at Qumran 16The Halakhic Letter-Rituals Define the Sect 17The Qumran Biblical Canon 18The Qumran Calendar 19Jewish Scholars and Qumran Ritual Practices 20Prayers, Hymns, and the Synagogue 21Qumran Hebrew as an Anti-Language 22The Enigma of the Copper Scroll 23Connections to Christianity 24Scroll Fragments and a New View of Judaism,.