# Enoch is a useful coarse prior but too lightly trained to settle individual dates; its accuracy on undated…

> Most likely: Enoch is a useful coarse prior but too lightly trained to settle individual dates; its accuracy on undated manuscripts is unknown.

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# Enoch is a useful coarse prior but too lightly trained to settle individual dates; its accuracy on undated…

Enoch is a useful coarse prior but too lightly trained to settle individual dates; its accuracy on undated manuscripts is unknown.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## 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

- Errors grow for script styles and centuries poorly represented among the 24 training dates.

## What would rule it out

- Errors on new radiocarbon dates are uniform across styles and periods.

## Evidence 2 for · none against

[A palaeographer cautioned that such tools should not be the basis for firm conclusions.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dead-sea-scrolls-dating/evidence/EVD0D484T804G6C/a-palaeographer-cautioned-that-such-tools-should-not-be-the)

Speculative

FOR

[The 79 per cent figure rests on palaeographers' judgement of what is realistic, not on independent dates.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dead-sea-scrolls-dating/evidence/EVD0D484T0667DN/the-79-per-cent-figure-rests-on-palaeographers-judgement-of)

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FOR

## 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)

Most likelyEnoch dates manuscripts to within about 30 years, comparable to radiocarbon, and can replace palaeographic…

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