From kraft Fri Jan 20 10:16:09 1995
Subject: Clemson DSS Class Connection
To: dss

Forwarded message:
> Date:    Thu, 19 Jan 95 17:30 EST
> From: JASHAW@CLEMSON.EDU
> Subject: Re: Class Minutes (17 Jan)
> 
> I am a student in Leonard Greenspoon's Rel 402 class at Clemson
> University; he aked me to send you this note explaining 
> our Dead Sea Scrolls class to your class. We will also
> be on your network.

> Here are some highlights from our syllabus:

> Purposes of course: To provide an introduction to the DSS and an in-
> depth analysis of selected documents from these Scrolls. To study
> various theories concerning their origins and the community that
> produced them. To explore the light they shed on the textual history
> of the Hebrew Bible and related material; the cultural , religious,
> and social development of ancient Judaism; and the origins and early 
> history
> of Chrisitianity. To discuss the Scrolls' implications for the study 
> and practice of
> religion in general. To look into the modern discovery of the Scrolls
> and the controversies that surround their publicaion. To ....

> Required books:
>  The Bible
>  Cook, Edward M. Solving the Mysteries of the Dead Sea Scrolls
>  Shanks, Hershel et. al. The Dead Sea Scrolls after Forty Years
>  Vanderkam, James C. The Dead Sea Scrolls Today
>  Vermes, Geza. The Dead Sea Scrolls in English.

> Until the rest of our class joins the network, I will be the
> contact person between the two. Hopefully by that time I will
> find the backspace key on this terminal and correct my typos.

[As a token of cooperative spirit, the management has addressed this
problem in this reposting. :-)  We welcome you aboard! RAK] 

> --Alan Shaw JASHAW@CLEMSON.EDU