# Enoch dates manuscripts to within about 30 years, comparable to radiocarbon, and can replace palaeographic…

> Most likely: Enoch dates manuscripts to within about 30 years, comparable to radiocarbon, and can replace palaeographic estimates where no radiocarbon…

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# Enoch dates manuscripts to within about 30 years, comparable to radiocarbon, and can replace palaeographic…

Enoch dates manuscripts to within about 30 years, comparable to radiocarbon, and can replace palaeographic estimates where no radiocarbon date exists.

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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

- On new radiocarbon dates not used in training, Enoch's errors stay near 30 years.

## What would rule it out

- On a new held-out radiocarbon set, Enoch's errors are much larger than its reported mean absolute error.

## Evidence 2 for · none against

[Mean absolute error 27.9 to 30.7 years; 85 per cent overlap with radiocarbon on 13 unseen test images.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dead-sea-scrolls-dating/evidence/EVD0D484S8R7WW0/mean-absolute-error-27-9-to-30-7-years-85-per-cent-overlap)

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[Palaeographers judged 107 of 135 predictions realistic (79 per cent).](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dead-sea-scrolls-dating/evidence/EVD0D484SGJ429T/palaeographers-judged-107-of-135-predictions-realistic-79)

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## The questions it answers

[Can the Enoch model date undated manuscripts reliably from handwriting alone?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dead-sea-scrolls-dating/questions/QST0D484NKJ0HV2/can-the-enoch-model-date-undated-manuscripts-reliably-from)

Part of [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)

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