disc 1. Lecture 1. The discoveries and their significance ; Lecture 2. The first seven scrolls ; Lecture 3. Opening and reading the first scroll ; Lecture 4. The historical backdrop of ancient Judaism ; Lecture 5. The rise of the Jewish sects ; Lecture 6. The Dead Sea site of the Qumran sect -- disc 2. Lecture 7. The emergence of the rabbinic system ; Lecture 8. A Dead Sea scroll from medieval Cairo ; Lecture 9. Pesher interpretation : prophecy read anew ; Lecture 10. The war scroll and other apocalyptic texts ; Lecture 11. Biblical manuscripts at Qumran ; Lecture 12. Alternative views of Qumran and the scrolls --
disc 3. Lecture 13. Stops and starts en route to publication ; Lecture 14. The Qumran vision for a new temple ; Lecture 15. Daily life at Qumran ; Lecture 16. The Halakhic letter : rituals define the sect ; Lecture 17. The Qumran biblical canon ; Lecture 18. The Qumran calendar
disc 4. Lecture 19. Jewish scholars and Qumran ritual practices ; Lecture 20. Prayers, hymns, and the synagogue ; Lecture 21. Qumran Hebrew as an anti-language ; Lecture 22. The enigma of the copper scroll ; Lecture 23. Connections to Christianity ; Lecture 24. Scroll fragments and a new view of Judaism.
