US EditionAI Analysis Reveals Many Dead Sea Scrolls Are Centuries Older Than Believed
- An international team led by Mladen Popović at the University of Groningen used AI and radiocarbon dating to provide new estimates for the Dead Sea Scrolls' age.
- They developed Enoch, an AI model analyzing handwriting alongside radiocarbon data to improve on traditional paleography, which previously dated scrolls without empirical grounding.
- Enoch's analysis showed many scrolls, including two biblical fragments, date older than prior estimates, challenging assumptions about Hasmonean and Herodian script origins.
- Scholars validated that about 79% of Enoch's dates were realistic, with the model offering quantified objectivity that reduces traditional dating subjectivity.
- These findings open new research opportunities, suggesting a revised chronology for Jewish and Christian origins and a tool applicable to other ancient manuscript collections.
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The Dead Sea Scrolls Changed Our Understanding of the Bible. Could Some of Them Be Even Older Than We Thought?
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Dead Sea Scrolls could be even older than previously thought, according to new study
The Dead Sea Scrolls may be even older than researchers thought, according to a new study driven by an artificial intelligence (AI) model.A group of researchers from the Netherlands, Italy and Denmark recently published their findings in the journal PLOS One on June 4.The researchers said they developed an AI-based date-prediction model named Enoch, a nod to the biblical patriarch of the same name.ANCIENT CHRISTIAN FIGURINES DISCOVERED IN 1,500-…
Dead Sea Scrolls Date Back to Same Period as Biblical Authors, Study Finds
New dating model links some Dead Sea Scrolls to the same period as the authors of biblical texts, reshaping views on their origins. Image: Dead Sea Scroll 28a from Qumran Cave 1, the Jordan Museum in Amman. Credit: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP (Glasg) / CC BY-SA 4.0 A new dating model developed by an international team of researchers has uncovered evidence that links some of the Dead Sea Scrolls to the same historical period as the biblical a…
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