# Anderson 2025: The Dead Sea Scrolls changed our understanding of the Bible. Could some of them be even older than we thought?

> Sonja Anderson, 2025. 3 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Source for the published caution from a palaeographer.

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# The Dead Sea Scrolls changed our understanding of the Bible. Could some of them be even older than we thought?

Sonja Anderson, 2025. _Smithsonian Magazine_.

News report of 5 June 2025 on the Enoch study, quoting Christopher Rollston (via Science) on the limits of AI-based dating.

**Dead Sea Scrolls: dating, scribes and provenance** Web pageChecked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Source for the published caution from a palaeographer.

## Cited by on this site 3 records

[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)

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[Christopher Rollston](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dead-sea-scrolls-dating/people/FIG0D484J6614FC/christopher-rollston)

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[Dead Sea Scrolls: dating, scribes and provenance](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dead-sea-scrolls-dating)

The mystery article

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## Cite it

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Anderson, S. (2025). The Dead Sea Scrolls changed our understanding of the Bible. Could some of them be even older than we thought?. Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-dead-sea-scrolls-changed-our-understanding-of-the-bible-could-some-of-them-be-even-older-than-we-thought-180986746/
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