The DSS have been carbon dated - there is generally little dispute that they date from the mid 2d BC to the first century AD.
But much of them are just religious horseshit. Of much more interest are letters from the bar Kokhba revolt such as these by bar Kokhba himself.
http://www.livius.org/sources/content/or...ar-kochba/
But much of them are just religious horseshit. Of much more interest are letters from the bar Kokhba revolt such as these by bar Kokhba himself.
http://www.livius.org/sources/content/or...ar-kochba/