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	Podcast:		Knowledge on the Deeper Side
	Episode:		Great Debates in Jewish History - Lesson 1
	Category:		Religion & Spirituality
	Duration:		01:32:07
	Publish Date:		2017-11-01 11:39:50
	Description:		Dead Sea Scrolls Dead Sea Sect vs Rabbinic Interpretation The Dead Sea Scrolls are considered to be the most important archaeological find of the twentieth century. A considerable number of these scrolls are evidently sectarian and they reveal an intense debate from the Second Temple era over aspects of Jewish ritual and philosophy. Who were these sectarians? What were their beliefs? Against whom were they polemicizing? We will learn the underpinnings of this dispute by examining key passages in the scrolls and by searching for contrasts and analogies in rabbinic literature.
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