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Use of Radiocarbon Dating in Assessing Christian Connections to the Dead Sea Scrolls

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

G A Rodley  and
B E Thiering
G A Rodley
Affiliation:
RD2 Picton, New Zealand
B E Thiering
Affiliation:
c/o School of Studies in Religion, University of Sydney, 2006 Australia
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We present an analysis of radiocarbon dates on Dead Sea Scrolls that have a bearing on the question of the Scroll documents’ relation to Christian origins. We assess details of dating reports, discuss paleographical evidence, and consider the content of the documents. When collated, these findings may be seen as compatible with a view that personalities mentioned in the Scrolls were contemporary with the founders of Christianity.

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Radiocarbon , Volume 41 , Issue 2 , 1999 , pp. 169 - 182
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Copyright © The American Journal of Science 

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