Editing Copper Scroll (section)

===Dating===
Scholarly estimates of the probable date range of the Copper Scroll vary. [[Frank Moore Cross]] proposed the period of 25–75 CE<ref name="vanderkam92" /> on [[palaeographical]] grounds, while [[William F. Albright]] suggested 70–135 CE.<ref>[[Albert M. Wolters|Al Wolters]], article on the "Copper Scroll", in Schiffman, 2000a (Vol.2), p.146.</ref> Manfred Lehmann put forward a similar date range to Albright, arguing that the treasure was principally the money accumulated between the [[First Jewish–Roman War]] and the [[Bar Kokhba revolt]], while the temple lay in ruins. [[P. Kyle McCarter Jr.]], [[Albert M. Wolters]], David Wilmot and Judah Lefkovits all agree that the scroll originated around 70 CE.<ref name="autogenerated211"/> Contrarily, Emile Puech argues that the Copper Scroll could not have been deposited behind 40 jars after they were already in place, so the scroll "predates 68 CE."<ref>Puech, "Some Results of the Restoration of the Copper Scroll by ''EDF Mecenat''", in Schiffman, 2000b, p.893.</ref>

Józef Milik proposed that the scroll was written around 100 CE.<ref name="autogenerated211"/> If this dating is correct, it would mean that the scroll did not come from the Qumran community because the settlement had been destroyed by the Romans decades earlier.<ref name="vanderkam92">{{cite book |last=VanderKam |first=James C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i2i5haDHAygC&pg=PA92 |title=The Dead Sea Scrolls Today |publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. |year=2010 |isbn=978-0-8028-6435-2 |location=Michigan |pages=92–93 |language=en}}</ref>