Editing Dead Sea Scrolls (section)

===Paleographic dating===
Analysis of letter forms, or palaeography, was applied to the texts of the Dead Sea Scrolls by a variety of scholars in the field. Major linguistic analysis by [[Frank Moore Cross|Cross]] and [[Nahman Avigad|Avigad]] dates fragments from 225&nbsp;BCE to 50&nbsp;CE.<ref name="autogenerated1">Grossman, Maxine. "Rediscovering the Dead Sea Scrolls." pp.&nbsp;48–51. 2010. {{ISBN?}}</ref> These dates were determined by examining the size, variability, and style of the text.<ref>Schofield, Alison. "From Qumran to the Yahad." p. 81. 2009. {{ISBN?}}</ref> The same fragments were later analysed using radiocarbon dating and were dated to an estimated range of 385&nbsp;BCE to 82&nbsp;CE with a 68% accuracy rate.{{r|autogenerated1}}