An Assessment of the Radiocarbon Dating of the Dead Sea Scrolls

I suggest, on the basis of a statistical analysis, that recently determined 14Conventional 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 14Conventional 14C" values. This indicates that 14C dates may convey more precise information about the ages of these documents than initially recognized.This material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between Radiocarbon and the University of Arizona Libraries.The Radiocarbon archives are made available by Radiocarbon and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information.Migrated from OJS platform February 202