# The palaeographic chronology is broadly right; differences from the 2025 dates fall within the combined…

> Most likely: The palaeographic chronology is broadly right; differences from the 2025 dates fall within the combined errors and the small sample.

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# 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.

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## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its 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

[Enoch was trained on only 24 dated manuscripts, which a reviewer argued is too few to overturn palaeography.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dead-sea-scrolls-dating/evidence/EVD0D484R1P56HK/enoch-was-trained-on-only-24-dated-manuscripts-which-a)

Suggestive

FOR

[The 1990s radiocarbon series broadly agreed with the palaeographic sequence.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dead-sea-scrolls-dating/evidence/EVD0D484QSW2HPQ/the-1990s-radiocarbon-series-broadly-agreed-with-the)

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FOR

## The questions it answers

[Is the traditional palaeographic chronology of the scrolls broadly right, or are many manuscripts substantially older?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dead-sea-scrolls-dating/questions/QST0D484NBR24P2/is-the-traditional-palaeographic-chronology-of-the-scrolls)

Most likelyMany manuscripts are older than the palaeographic chronology says, often by decades and sometimes by a…

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