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An Assessment of the Radiocarbon Dating of the Dead Sea Scrolls

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

G. A. Rodley
G. A. Rodley*
Affiliation:
Pharmacy Department, University of Sydney, Sydney NSW 2006 Australia
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Abstract

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I suggest, on the basis of a statistical analysis, that recently determined “conventional radiocarbon ages” of Dead Sea Scroll documents are offset systematically by about +40 yr, leading to a similar overestimate of the ages of these documents. Much closer agreement with paleographic and specific dates is obtained when a correction of this magnitude is made to the “conventional 14C” values. This indicates that 14C dates may convey more precise information about the ages of these documents than initially recognized.

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Radiocarbon , Volume 35 , Issue 2 , 1993 , pp. 335 - 338
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