# Zeitlin 1949: The Alleged Antiquity of the Scrolls

> Solomon Zeitlin, 1949. 1 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The earliest published challenge to the scrolls' antiquity.

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# The Alleged Antiquity of the Scrolls

Solomon Zeitlin, 1949. _The Jewish Quarterly Review 40(1), from p. 57_.

The first of a long series of articles in which the editor of the Jewish Quarterly Review denied that the Cave 1 scrolls were ancient and argued that they were medieval.

**Dead Sea Scrolls: dating, scribes and provenanceSecondary source** Articledoi: **[10.2307/1453006](https://doi.org/10.2307/1453006)** Checked against the original0

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The earliest published challenge to the scrolls' antiquity.

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## Cite it

```
Zeitlin, S. (1949). The Alleged Antiquity of the Scrolls. The Jewish Quarterly Review 40(1), from p. 57. https://doi.org/10.2307/1453006
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