"How an Unorthodox Scholar Uses Technology to Expose Biblical Forgeries"

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StephenGoranson
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"How an Unorthodox Scholar Uses Technology to Expose Biblical Forgeries"

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If of interest to some:
"How an Unorthodox Scholar Uses Technology to Expose Biblical Forgeries"
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ ... 180981290/
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Smithsonian:
"Experts date the [Qumran] scrolls between the third century B.C. and the first century A.D. (though Langlois believes several may be two centuries older)."
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StephenGoranson wrote: Wed Jan 04, 2023 3:32 pm Smithsonian:
"Experts date the [Qumran] scrolls between the third century B.C. and the first century A.D. (though Langlois believes several may be two centuries older)."
To which no doubt the other SG here would respond:
StephenGoranson wrote: Sun Dec 25, 2022 4:36 am"Public statement on Publication of Archaeological Finds"

We cannot but stress that until the publication of finds or research results in a scientific and peer-reviewed publication, any claim made should be related to as unfounded, and is also unworthy of publication in the popular press.
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A relevant publication:

Langlois, Michael. “Dead Sea Scrolls Palaeography and the Samaritan Pentateuch.” Pages
255–85 in The Samaritan Pentateuch and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Edited by Michael
Langlois. Contributions to Biblical Exegesis and Theology 94. Leuven: Peeters, 2019
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