Dead Sea Scrolls could be even older than previously thought, according to new study

The Dead Sea Scrolls whitethorn beryllium adjacent older than researchers thought, according to a caller survey driven by an artificial quality (AI) model.

A radical of researchers from the Netherlands, Italy and Denmark precocious published their findings successful the diary PLOS One connected June 4.

The researchers said they developed an AI-based date-prediction exemplary named Enoch, a motion to the biblical patriarch of the aforesaid name.

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Enoch "was trained arsenic a instrumentality learning-based date-prediction exemplary applying Bayesian ridge regression connected established handwriting-style descriptors," according to the study. 

In bid to day the scrolls, the exemplary analyzed each one's handwriting style. Researchers besides integrated radiocarbon dating methods — and recovered that astir of the scrolls were astatine slightest a procreation older than antecedently thought.

Researchers judge that the Dead Sea Scrolls whitethorn beryllium adjacent older than was antecedently thought. (Getty Images)

Previous estimates placed the scrolls betwixt 150 and 50 B.C., but the exemplary recovered that galore of the scrolls day to astir 200 B.C.

"There are nary compelling paleographic oregon humanities reasons that preclude these older dates arsenic reliable clip markers."

"Enoch’s style-based predictions are often older than traditionally assumed paleographic estimates, starring to a caller chronology of the scrolls and the re-dating of past Jewish cardinal texts that lend to existent debates connected Jewish and Christian origins," the insubstantial states.

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The researchers besides bespeak that the caller dates are "realistic."

The scrolls person attracted a large magnitude of involvement from some scholars and the nationalist astatine ample since their discovery. (Getty Images)

"There are nary compelling paleographic oregon humanities reasons that preclude these older dates arsenic reliable clip markers," the authors said.

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The scrolls, recovered successful godforsaken caves adjacent the Dead Sea successful the 1940s and 1950s, day betwixt the 3rd period B.C. to the archetypal period A.D. 

The Dead Sea Scrolls are celebrated for shedding airy connected immoderate antecedently chartless beliefs and practices of past Judaism. (Getty Images)

They connection a wealthiness of cognition astir past Judaism, with galore spiritual texts during the Second Temple play that were antecedently unknown.

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Since their discovery, the scrolls person attracted a large magnitude of involvement from some scholars and the nationalist astatine large.

Most of the scrolls were recovered successful godforsaken caves adjacent the Dead Sea successful the 1940s and 1950s, though immoderate were recovered recently. (Shai Halevi, Israel Antiquities Authority)

In 2021, Israeli researchers uncovered dozens of caller Dead Sea Scroll fragments.

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In April, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library showcased a peculiar postulation of 8 ancient Jewish manuscripts arsenic portion of its exhibition connected the Dead Sea Scrolls.