# Key sectarian manuscripts are later than the consensus, into the first century AD.

> Disputed: Key sectarian manuscripts are later than the consensus, into the first century AD.

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Answer · Dead Sea Scrolls: dating, scribes and provenance

# Key sectarian manuscripts are later than the consensus, into the first century AD.

Key sectarian manuscripts are later than the consensus, into the first century AD.

**Disputed** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Disputed** None pieces of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Radiocarbon ranges for key sectarian texts extend well into the first century AD.

## What would rule it out

- Calibrated ranges for those texts end before the first century AD.

## Evidence none for · 1 against

[A re-examination of the calibrations found they do not support the later chronology.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dead-sea-scrolls-dating/evidence/EVD0D484RHA4SK3/a-re-examination-of-the-calibrations-found-they-do-not)

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AGAINST

## 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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Mysteries Department. (2026). Key sectarian manuscripts are later than the consensus, into the first century AD. [Answer ANS0D484R9G6ND6]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D484R9G6ND6
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