416 | The Carbon Dating of Quranic Manuscripts with Dr Jay Smith

Al Fadi and Dr Jay discuss the challenges of carbon dating of manuscripts.  They say that carbon dating gives the age of the material that is written on not the ink.  There is no method found that dates ink because the way ink is mixed to make colors.  Animal skin is costly and it takes time to cure.  Shoemaker argues that carbon dating is not entirely accurate .  That is why scholars had to look at the paleography of the writing which help determine the style of writing and in turn the time it was written.  Shoemaker conclude that the carbon dating supports the Abd Al Malik/ Al Hajaj timing. 

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