2007-10-14 13:52:08 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Not through Carbon Dating, that's for sure.
2007-10-15 05:57:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
they were in a time capsule marked '200 AD'.
According to carbon dating, textual analysis, and handwriting analysis the documents were written at various times between the middle of the 2nd century BC and the 1st century AD. The Great Isaiah Scroll has been carbon dated to to a range of 335 BC-107 BC.[1]
The Nash Papyrus from Egypt, containing a copy of the Ten Commandments, is the only other Hebrew document of comparable antiquity. Similar written materials have been recovered from nearby sites, including the fortress of Masada. While some of the scrolls were written on papyrus, a good portion were written on a brownish animal hide that appears to be gevil. The scrolls were written with feathers from a bird and the ink used was made from carbon black and white pigments. One scroll, appropriately named the Copper Scroll, consisted of thin copper sheets that were incised with text and then joined together.[
2007-10-14 20:56:14 · answer #2 · answered by Tim 47 7 · 6⤊ 1⤋
Michelle has to be kidding. The scrolls were written before 100 AD.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_sea_scrolls
2007-10-14 21:03:02 · answer #3 · answered by S K 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋