Still more on the AI redating of 4QDanielc

ALGORITHM WATCH: AI meets the Dead Sea Scrolls. Can modern computer technology back up the Biblical timeline? (Elizabeth Shenk, World [wng.com]). HT the Bible Places Blog.

When an academic study earlier this year applied artificial intelligence to the science of Biblical manuscript dating, mainstream media reported it as a curious development. But what many missed at the time was how the new AI technique might lend unexpected credence to Biblical apologetics.

When I first noted the reports of the redating of some Dead Sea Scrolls, notably 4QDaniel^c (4Q114), by the "Enoch" AI, I commented, "I can't wait to see how this will be deployed by the early daters of the Book of Daniel." And so we have it deployed in this article.

I have further discussion of the AI redating here and here [link corrected].

For more detailed comments defending the late dating of the Book of Daniel, see here, here, and here.

UPDATE (27 January): My comments above needs correction. There is new dating of some Dead Sea Scrolls by the Enoch AI, but the redating of 4QDaniel^c involves C-14 dating. More on that here.

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