QuestionsDead Sea Scrolls: dating, scribes and provenanceIs the traditional palaeographic chronology of the scrolls broadly right, or are many manuscripts substantially older?Answer
Answer · Dead Sea Scrolls: dating, scribes and provenance
The palaeographic chronology is broadly right; differences from the 2025 dates fall within the combined…
The palaeographic chronology is broadly right; differences from the 2025 dates fall within the combined errors and the small sample.
Where it stands
Most likelyIts tests partly supported it: two pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.
What it predicts
- Calibrated radiocarbon ranges overlap palaeographic dates for most manuscripts once full 2-sigma ranges are used.
What would rule it out
- Several manuscripts have radiocarbon ranges that exclude their palaeographic date entirely and on the early side.
Evidence 2 for · none against
FOR
The questions it answers
Most likelyMany manuscripts are older than the palaeographic chronology says, often by decades and sometimes by a…
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). The palaeographic chronology is broadly right; differences from the 2025 dates fall within the combined… [Answer ANS0D484QJ216BX]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D484QJ216BX
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year = {2026},
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