Welcome, everyone, to the murder mystery portion of this MOOC on chronic pain.
My name is Jane O'brien.
I work at the University of Minnesota.
And I have been working with Jim on developing his MOOC.
I'm also an avid murder mystery fan.
And so I'm delighted to hear that you have added, written,
you have written a novel, to amplify your ideas on chronic pain.
Tell me what prompted that.
>> Well it's a, it's a interesting story because I started writing a book about,
a self help book for patients.
>> Okay. About the risk factors and
protective factors to prevent chronic pain.
But as I got into it I realized that it was just lack, didn't interest me as much.
>> Hm. >> I wasn't as engaged in it as, and
I figured if I wasn't as engaged.
>> Okay. >> Patients and
other people reading the book, so I decided that well,
I love murder mysteries also.
>> Yeah. >> Romantic thrillers.
>> Mm-hm. >> And so I decided well,
I'm just going to take some of the best examples of some of the,
romantic thrillers, and murder mysteries out there, and try to create a plot,
a story behind the concepts that are in the MOOC course.
>> Okay.
So what we're going to be doing with this component of the course is
reviewing the plot and moving it a little bit forward with each module and
then talking about how it connects to, your academic content on chronic pain.
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Sad told around us.
And the worlds.
>> The origins of the dead sea scrolls is well documented.
In eighty seventy, over one million men, women, and children lost their
lives during the siege of Jerusalem lead by the Roman Emperor, Titus.
This bloodshed earned for
its triumphal leader a marble monument, the Arch of Titus.
Which still stands near the Forum in Rome.
Following his father as emperor, Titus built the Temple of Peace on the Forum and
the Coliseum in Rome, to celebrate blessings of peace and happiness.
And to remind the people of the sacrifices made in this war.
Today only the Wailing Wall of Jerusalem's Great Temple remains.
While in Rome, the Arch of Titus, the Colosseum, and
parts of the Temple of Peace still stand.
But to protect their divine knowledge from the invading Romans,
the spiritual leaders of Ancient Jerusalem and the surrounding area,
hid over 800 manuscripts in remote caves off the coast of the dead sea.
In the spring of 1947, within the disputed territory of
the West Bank in the northwest corner of the Dead Sea, the first of
these manuscripts were discovered, and now referred to as the Dead Sea Scrolls.
But of all the Dead Sea Scrolls, the copper scroll,
labeled 3Q15 was unlike any of its companion manuscripts.
It was written in a different form of Hebrew, and was not made of leather or
papyrus but rather a sheet of almost pure copper.
It was discovered in 1952 by an expedition sponsored by
the Jordan Department of Antiquities.
They found it in two parts because the, thin copper sheaths snapped into
two sections, as was found alone in an urn at the back of a cave.
Almost 2,000 years in the cave, the document was so
badly oxidized that it would've crumbled if anybody attempted to open it.
Despite the enthusiasm to reveal the contents,
no method could be found that would preserve the copper scroll from harm.
Until it was decided to send to the scroll to the Manchester College of
Technology in England.
There they opened it by using a precision saw and
cut it into sections to reveal the clay imprint on the text.
When it was deciphered, confusion spread among the scholars.
The contents were not literary or
doctrinal in nature like all the other scrolls.
The copper scroll simply listed 64 entries that describe the locations
of a treasure of incalculable value, including gold,
silver, aromatics, and most importantly, a divine knowledge.
So the search was on for the missing treasure of this last scroll.
>> So the slides give us a hint of the early sections of the book.
Can you give us a little context for the, the premise of the last scroll.
Why, why did you choose that to base your novel?
Now the last scroll is based on the Dead Sea Scroll.
>> Mm-hm. >> My belief is there is a lot of
knowledge that's ancient knowledge.
>> Mm-hm. >> That is very insightful.
And, of course, a lot of religious at knowledge is very ancient and
carried forward-
>> Mm-hm. >> to our current time.
And so I chose the, the last scroll, or it was one of the last Dead Sea Scrolls and
I put together the introduction to just,
to give you a preface to all the introductions, so
you kind of understand, where the Dead Sea Scroll came from,.
>> Okay. >> And why is it important.
>> Okay, so we're going to be dealing with some ancient knowledge that might
augment more recent, learnings about chronic pain?
>> It brings up the whole issue of the balance between really common sense and
historical knowledge.
>> Mm-hm. >> And science.
>> Okay. >> A lot of our current care for
chronic pain patients is based on science.
But in many cases a lot of the, knowledge that we can use to really improve,
prevent chronic pain is based on common sense.
>> Okay. >> And historical knowledge.
So we need to find a way to kind of blend the best of the science that
we know with the common sense, >> Okay.
>> of really understanding.
Where lifestyle factors, for instance, and exercise fit into chronic pain.
And we need to bring that together within a model.
>> Mm-hm.
>> That empowers patients at the same time as using an evidence-based approach.
>> Okay. And within a book.
>> Right.
>> That has us going all over the world in search of, interesting things.
>> Right, and I think you find a lot of interesting things in the book from
great recipes or foods from Italy, to suspense and
romance as well as fashion, I tried to incorporate, my wife is from Italy, and
so a lot of what I include in here is things that I have learned through her.
>> All right, very fun!
This is going to be a different kind of MOOC!
>> Okay.