Which Dead Sea Scrolls Fragments have Actually been Radiocarbon Dated?

Updated by: 
Shlomo Brand
Research notes: 
SB/not checked/28/10/2021
Reference type: 
Journal Article
Author(s): 
Van der Schoor, Hanneke
year: 
2021
Full title: 

Which Dead Sea Scrolls Fragments have Actually been Radiocarbon Dated?

Journal / Book Title || Series Title: 
Revue de Qumran
Volume: 
33
Issue / Series Volume: 
1
Abbreviated Series Name: 
RevQ
Publisher: 
Peeters
Pages: 
39-59
Work type: 
Essay/Monograph
Abstract: 

Thirty-two fragments from the Judean Desert have been radiocarbon dated in 1990 and in 1994. The publications of the results did not specify which particular fragments had been used for the dating tests. This ambiguity has resulted in misconceptions about allegedly tested fragments, such as concerning fragments of copies of the Aramaic Levi Document (4Q213/4Q213a) and copies of the Reworked Pentateuch (4Q364/4Q365). Also, several references in the articles discussing the 14C dating are not correct, whereas other scrolls have been renamed. An examination of the pre- and post-radiocarbon dating photographs shows in most cases which specific fragments have been dated. Five additional radiocarbon tests have been undertaken in the 2000s and will also be discussed.

Primary Texts: Judean Desert Documents: 
Scroll / Document: 
4Q213
Scroll / Document: 
4Q213a
Scroll / Document: 
4Q364
Scroll / Document: 
4Q365
URL: 
https://poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?url=article.php&id=3289547&journal_code=RQ
Label: 
01/11/2021
Record number: 
108 033