Bible OT - Dead Sea Scrolls expose a 1303 year gap since Moses life

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Dating the Old Testament, Hebrew Bible and Torah with Dead Sea Scrolls reveals between 303 to 1303 years of missing history.

The Old Testament is based primarily upon the Hebrew Bible, a collection of ancient religious writings by the Israelites believed by Jews and Christians to be the sacred word of God.

The Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS) are the oldest, surviving manuscripts for the Old Testament. The table below lists the Old Testament books, year of authorship, and Dead Sea Scroll (Manuscript) dating.

1. GENESIS | 1283 YEAR GAP. ₁

DATING

Traditional: ₂ 1400 BC

Manuscript: ₃ Dead Sea Scroll 356 BC-122 AD

Difference (Years): ₄ 1044-1522 Years

₁ GAP is number of years from Moses to Dead Sea Scroll manuscript. For simplicity, median year is displayed in place of year range
₂ TRADITIONAL dating is widely acknowledged by Jews and Christians
₃ MANUSCRIPT is earliest complete copy of text (i.e. Dead Sea Scroll)

Robert Eisenman. Steve Braunheim. Joseph Atwill. Redating The Radiocarbon Dating of the Dead Sea Scrolls, p.146

₄ DIFFERENCE shows the range in years during which the text did not exist. The calculations are shown below:
Lower Range: 1400-356=1044 yr
Upper Range: 1400+122=1522 yr
Median:(1044+1522)/2=1283 yr

2. EXODUS | 1283 YEAR GAP

DATING

Traditional: 1400 BC

Manuscript: Dead Sea Scroll 356 BC-122 AD

Difference (Years): 1044-1522 Years

3. LEVITICUS | 1283 YEAR GAP

DATING

Traditional: 1400 BC

Manuscript: Dead Sea Scroll 356 BC-122 AD

Difference (Years): 1044-1522 Years

4. NUMBERS | 1283 YEAR GAP

DATING

Traditional: 1400 BC

Manuscript: Dead Sea Scroll 356 BC-122 AD

Difference (Years): 1044-1522 Years

5. DEUTERONOMY | 1293 YEAR GAP

DATING

Traditional: 1410 BC

Manuscript: Dead Sea Scroll 356 BC-122 AD

Difference (Years): 1054-1532 Years

6. JOSHUA | 1303 YEAR GAP

DATING

Traditional: 1420 BC

Manuscript: Dead Sea Scroll 356 BC-122 AD

Difference (Years): 1064-1542 Years

7. JUDGES | 906 YEAR GAP

DATING

Traditional: 1023 BC

Manuscript: Dead Sea Scroll 356 BC-122 AD

Difference (Years): 667-1145 Years

8. RUTH | 854 YEAR GAP

DATING

Traditional: 971 BC

Manuscript: Dead Sea Scroll 356 BC-122 AD

Difference (Years): 615-1093 Years

9. 1 SAMUEL | 921 YEAR GAP

DATING

Traditional: 1038 BC

Manuscript: Dead Sea Scroll 356 BC-122 AD

Difference (Years): 682-1160 Years

10. 2 SAMUEL | 843 YEAR GAP

DATING

Traditional: 960 BC

Manuscript: Dead Sea Scroll 356 BC-122 AD

Difference (Years): 604-1082 Years

11. 1 KINGS | 433 YEAR GAP

DATING

Traditional: 550 BC

Manuscript: Dead Sea Scroll 356 BC-122 AD

Difference (Years): 194-672 Years

12. 2 KINGS | 433 YEAR GAP

DATING

Traditional: 550 BC

Manuscript: Dead Sea Scroll 356 BC-122 AD

Difference (Years): 194-672 Years

13. 1 CHRONICLES | 321 YEAR GAP

DATING

Traditional: 438 BC

Manuscript: Dead Sea Scroll 356 BC-122 AD

Difference (Years): 82-560 Years

14. 2 CHRONICLES | 321 YEAR GAP

DATING

Traditional: 438 BC

Manuscript: Dead Sea Scroll 356 BC-122 AD

Difference (Years): 82-560 Years

15. EZRA | 333 YEAR GAP

DATING

Traditional: 450 BC

Manuscript: Dead Sea Scroll 356 BC-122 AD

Difference (Years): 94-572 Years

16. NEHEMIAH | 316 YEAR GAP

DATING

Traditional: 433 BC

Manuscript: Dead Sea Scroll 356 BC-122 AD

Difference (Years): 77-555 Years

17. ESTHER | 288 YEAR GAP

DATING

Traditional: 405 BC

Manuscript: Dead Sea Scroll 356 BC-122 AD

Difference (Years): 49-527 Years

18. JOB | 1078 YEAR GAP

DATING

Traditional: 1195 BC

Manuscript: Dead Sea Scroll 356 BC-122 AD

Difference (Years): 839-1317 Years

19. PSALMS | 651 YEAR GAP

DATING

Traditional: 768 BC

Manuscript: Dead Sea Scroll 356 BC-122 AD

Difference (Years): 412-890 Years

20. PROVERBS | 783 YEAR GAP

DATING

Traditional: 900 BC

Manuscript: Dead Sea Scroll 356 BC-122 AD

Difference (Years): 544-1022 Years

21. ECCLESIASTES (APOCRYPHA) | 818 YEAR GAP

DATING

Traditional: 935 BC

Manuscript: Dead Sea Scroll 356 BC-122 AD

Difference (Years): 579-1057 Years

22. SONG OF SOLOMON | 848 YEAR GAP

DATING

Traditional: 965 BC

Manuscript: Dead Sea Scroll 356 BC-122 AD

Difference (Years): 609-1087 Years

23. ISAIAH | 574 YEAR GAP

DATING

Traditional: 691 BC

Manuscript: Dead Sea Scroll 356 BC-122 AD

Difference (Years): 335-813 Years

24. JEREMIAH | 488 YEAR GAP

DATING

Traditional: 605 BC

Manuscript: Dead Sea Scroll 356 BC-122 AD

Difference (Years): 249-727 Years

25. LAMENTATIONS | 464 YEAR GAP

DATING

Traditional: 581 BC

Manuscript: Dead Sea Scroll 356 BC-122 AD

Difference (Years): 225-703 Years

26. EZEKIEL | 462 YEAR GAP

DATING

Traditional: 579 BC

Manuscript: Dead Sea Scroll 356 BC-122 AD

Difference (Years): 223-701 Years

27. DANIEL | 418 YEAR GAP

DATING

Traditional: 535 BC

Manuscript: Dead Sea Scroll 356 BC-122 AD

Difference (Years): 179-657 Years

28. HOSEA | 623 YEAR GAP

DATING

Traditional: 740 BC

Manuscript: Dead Sea Scroll 356 BC-122 AD

Difference (Years): 384-862 Years

29. JOEL | 701 YEAR GAP

DATING

Traditional: 818 BC

Manuscript: Dead Sea Scroll 356 BC-122 AD

Difference (Years): 462-940 Years

30. AMOS | 640 YEAR GAP

DATING

Traditional: 757 BC

Manuscript: Dead Sea Scroll 356 BC-122 AD

Difference (Years): 401-879 Years

31. OBADIAH | 727 YEAR GAP

DATING

Traditional: 844 BC

Manuscript: Dead Sea Scroll 356 BC-122 AD

Difference (Years): 488-966 Years

32. JONAH | 659 YEAR GAP

DATING

Traditional: 776 BC

Manuscript: Dead Sea Scroll 356 BC-122 AD

Difference (Years): 420-898 Years

33. MICAH | 601 YEAR GAP

DATING

Traditional: 718 BC

Manuscript: Dead Sea Scroll 356 BC-122 AD

Difference (Years): 362-840 Years

34. NAHUM | 521 YEAR GAP

DATING

Traditional: 638 BC

Manuscript: Dead Sea Scroll 356 BC-122 AD

Difference (Years): 282-760 Years

35. HABAKKUK | 491 YEAR GAP

DATING

Traditional: 608 BC

Manuscript: Dead Sea Scroll 356 BC-122 AD

Difference (Years): 252-730 Years

36. ZEPHANIAH | 613 YEAR GAP

DATING

Traditional: 730 BC

Manuscript: Dead Sea Scroll 356 BC-122 AD

Difference (Years): 374-852 Years

37. HAGGAI | 403 YEAR GAP

DATING

Traditional: 520 BC

Manuscript: Dead Sea Scroll 356 BC-122 AD

Difference (Years): 164-642 Years

38. ZECHARIAH | 378 YEAR GAP

DATING

Traditional: 495 BC

Manuscript: Dead Sea Scroll 356 BC-122 AD

Difference (Years): 139-617 Years

39. MALACHI | 303 YEAR GAP

DATING

Traditional: 420 BC

Manuscript: Dead Sea Scroll 356 BC-122 AD

Difference (Years): 64-542 Years

QURAN 0 YEAR GAP

The Birmingham Quran manuscript is a parchment on which two leaves of an early Quranic manuscript are written. In 2015 the manuscript, which is held in the UK by the University of Birmingham, was radiocarbon dated to between 568 and 645 AD with 95.4% accuracy.

The test was carried out in a laboratory at the University of Oxford. The result places the leaves close to the time of the Prophet Muhammad, who is generally thought to have lived between 570 and 632 AD.

| Wikipedia: Birmingham_Quran_manuscript

The tests carried out on the parchment of the Birmingham folios yield the strong probability that the animal from which it was taken was alive during the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammad or shortly afterwards.

These portions must have been in a form that is very close to the form of the Quran read today, supporting the view that the [Quran] text has undergone little or no alteration and that it can be dated to a point very close to the time it was believed to be revealed.

David Thomas, Professor of Christianity and Islam. University of Birmingham Birmingham University

CREDIT
https://callingchristians.com/2017/04/05/a-brief-insight-into-the-new-testaments-prototyping
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2015/07/quran-manuscript-22-07-15.aspx
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_Quran_manuscript
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dating_the_Bible

Author: Guest • Updated: 06 Jun 2019

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