Christopher Enoch analyzes ground-breaking AI research funded by the European Research Council tracing the origins of the Dead Sea Scrolls. The study examines manuscript fragment 4Q324D, written in Cryptic A code, revealing the 364-day solar calendar, forgotten feast days of New Wine and New Oil, scribal margin corrections, and parallels in 1 Enoch and the Book of Jubilees.
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
10:21 Tracing Scribes with Artificial Intelligence
20:13 The Leon Levy Digital Library Archive
23:52 The Second Temple Calendar War
28:02 The Wicked Priest vs Teacher of Righteousness
41:44 The 364-Day Solar Calendar Math
48:37 Book of Jubilees Calendar Mandate
53:33 Deciphering Cryptic Scroll 4Q324D
1:07:20 Lost Festivals of New Wine and New Oil
1:11:45 Proofreading Mistakes by Ancient Scribes
1:17:47 Reading Jubilees 6 and 1 Enoch 72
1:33:41 The 1.24-Day Calendar Drift Problem
1:47:17 Debating Historical Sources and Antiochus IV