I'm not a dating expert
but as far as I'm aware dating was primarily a matter of philology via examining the style of the handwriting. Personally, I'm not sure how objective such a method of dating could be.
Obviously, nobody is about to give portions of ancient MSS to destructive (and unreliable) dating methods like carbon dating. In summary, if the truth be told we have absolutely no idea of how old the MSS is and don't really seem to have any real scientific basis for dating MSS other than MSS found in archeologically dated sites. But don't even these rely on pottery shard dating? Just how reliable a system is that?
James Christian
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Yes we have the right to doubt everything; Maybe it's not a manuscript and it's not in Greek.
How much are we sure of that? Who saw that manuscript? and who can certify what he saw really was that particular manuscript...
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