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identify the animal source. Since this is a biological system, it evolves.
Unlike the study of Gunneweg, 5 which can map geographically the
clay source of a scroll jar, this system may give a chronological
answer to a source of parchment. It may be possible to explore the
source of the animals that produced these skins and the trade which
governed their distribution. Thus, molecular biology can contribute
to the analysis of the scrolls and shed light on the life of the people
who wrote and lived by the rules recorded in them.
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