- The History of the Discovery. Review of written findings discovered
in the Judean Desert between 1947-1997 including details of scroll
purchase, international conference and DJD series (see recommended
bibliography list).
- The library discovered at Qumran, it’s division into three spheres:
an external sphere not associated with Qumran; an intermediate sphere
from consisting of the scrolls which belong to the mainstream of thought
ascribed to by the Qumran sect members, and; scrolls exclusively
attributed to the Qumran sect. Initial discussion of the sectarian
scrolls - Single Serach and Pesher scrolls; Pesher Nahum as a depiction
of the events of 88 B.C. including the identification of Yanai as "The
Lion of Anger".
- What can we learn from the scrolls regarding the political history
of the Hashmonean Period (4Qtest, Prayer for the Safety of King Jonathan
and facts pertaining to the identity of the Wicked Priest).
- The Teacher of Justice on the basis of the Pesher scrolls, the
Thanksgiving scrolls, Miktze Maaseh Torah scroll and the Temple scroll.
Information regarding the False One, priestly (Cohanic) practice and the
death of the Teacher of Justice. The history of the Qumran group.
- Halacha literature discovered at Qumran. the Book of the Yovalim,
Temple Scroll, Miktze Maase Torah, Serach scrolls and the Book of the
Damascus Covenant .
- Apocryphal books discovered at Qumran : Education literature, Book
of the Yovalim, Testaments of Levi and Naftali, the Book of Tuvia and
the Book of Ben Sira. Apocryphal hymns known from Greek and Syrian
versions discovered at Qumran.
- Apocryphal books discovered at Qumran and their contribution to both
high and low critique.
- Messianic expectations at Qumran, a study of the Pluraligium,
Malchitzedek, Blessing Serach, Self-Psalms, passages from the Damascus
Covenant. Explanation of terms such Torah-learner, High Priest for the
HereAfter, eschatological prophet, political leader of the HereAfter.
- The struggle over the calendar in Judaism in the Second Temple
Period; Hanoch, Yovalim, Ben Sira, Temple Scroll, Mikte Maase Torah,
Shirat Olot Hashabat and Pesher Habakuk.
- Literature based upon the Old Testament as discovered at Qumran.
Apocryphal scroll to Genesis, 4Q252, the language of the Scriptures.
- Prayers for Holidays, the Day of Atonement, Joseph’s Prayer and the
Masada Papyrus. The Qumran sect’s contribution to Western civilization.
Regular prayers held at Qumran: Divrie Hameorot, Shirat Olot Hashabat
and the impact on the Prayer Siddur. Jesus and the scrolls, Paul and the
scrolls, the ancient church and Qumran, John the Baptist and the
scrolls.
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