Editing Torah scroll (section)

===En-Gedi Scroll=== 
{{Further|En-Gedi Scroll}}

The [[En-Gedi Scroll]] is a Hebrew parchment [[radiocarbon-dated]] to the 3rd or 4th century CE (88.9% certainty for 210–390 CE), although paleographical considerations suggest that it may date back to the 1st or early 2nd century CE.<ref name=sci>{{cite web |last=de Lazaro |first=Enrico |title= En-Gedi Scroll Finally Deciphered |date=September 23, 2016 |website= Sci-News.com |url= https://www.sci.news/archaeology/en-gedi-scroll-deciphered-04216.html |access-date=9 March 2024}}</ref><ref name=AY16/> The charred scroll, found ''in situ'' in the synagogue's Torah niche, was discovered to contain a portion of [[Leviticus]],<ref name=ANET/> making it the earliest copy of a Pentateuchal book ever found in a [[Holy Ark]].<ref name=sci/> The deciphered text fragment is identical to what was to become during the [[Middle Ages]] the standard text of the [[Hebrew Bible]], the [[Masoretic Text]], which it precedes by several centuries; it thus constitutes the earliest evidence of this authoritative text version. The scroll is badly charred and fragmented and required noninvasive scientific techniques to virtually unwrap and read.<ref>{{cite news |first=Enrico |last=de Lazaro |title=En-Gedi Scroll Finally Deciphered |url=http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/en-gedi-scroll-deciphered-04216.html |work=Sci News |date=September 23, 2016 }}</ref>