prof. dr. M. (Mladen) Popovic

Interim Dean Faculty of Arts

Faculty of Religion, Culture and Society

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Faculty of Arts

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Publications

Dating ancient manuscripts using radiocarbon and AI-based writing style analysis

Popović, M., Dhali, M. A., Schomaker, L., van der Plicht, J., Lund Rasmussen, K., La Nasa, J., Degano, I., Perla Colombini, M. & Tigchelaar, E., 4-Jun-2025, In: PLoS ONE. 20, 6, 14 p., e0323185.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Introduction

Bakker, A. F., Brooke, G. J., Hartog, B., Najman, H., Popović, M. & Van Hecke, P., 2025, Missing Pieces: Essays in Honour of Eibert J. C. Tigchelaar. Bakker, A. F., Brooke, G. J., Hartog, B., Najman, H., Popović, M. & Van Hecke, P. (eds.). Brill, p. 1-4 4 p. (Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah; vol. 152).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Foreword/postscript › Academic

Book Production and Circulation in Ancient Judaea: Evidenced by Writing Quality and Skills in the Dead Sea Scrolls Isaiah and Serekh Manuscripts

Popovic, M., Feb-2023, The Dead Sea Scrolls and Ancient Media Culture. Williams, T., Keith, C. & Stuckenbruck, L. (eds.). Brill, p. 199–265 66 p. (Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah; vol. 144).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review

The Quality of Hasmonaean Biblical Manuscripts

Popovic, M. & Tigchelaar, E., 2023, In: Dead Sea Discoveries. 30, 3, p. 189–212 24 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Defining multiple inhabitations of a cave environment using interdisciplinary archaeometry: the ‘Christmas Cave’ of the Wadi en-Nar/Nahal Qidron, West of the Dead Sea

Rasmussen, K. L., van der Plicht, J., Degano, I., Modugno, F., Colombini, M. P., de la Fuente, G., Delbey, T., Frumkin, A., Davidovich, U., Porat, R., Shamir, O., Sukenik, N., Doudna, G., Taylor, J. & Popović, M., 5-Feb-2022, In: Heritage Science . 10, 1, 22 p., 18.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Using AI to Identify Scroll Scribes

Popovic, M., 2022, In: The Biblical Archaeology Review. 48, 3, p. 24-25 2 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Popular

Artificial intelligence based writer identification generates new evidence for the unknown scribes of the Dead Sea Scrolls exemplified by the Great Isaiah Scroll (1QIsaa)

Popović, M., Dhali, M. A. & Schomaker, L., 2021, In: PLoS ONE. 16, 4, 28 p., e0249769.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Archives and Libraries

Popovic, M., 2019, T&T Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism. Gurtner, D. M. & Stuckenbruck, L. T. (eds.). London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, Vol. 2. p. 71–73 3 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary › Academic

Scripts and Scribal Practices

Popovic, M., 2019, T&T Clark Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism. Gurtner, D. M. & Stuckenbruck, L. T. (eds.). London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, Vol. 2. p. 713–716 4 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary › Academic

Multilingualism, Multiscripturalism, and Knowledge Transfer in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Graeco-Roman Judaea

Popovic, M., Aug-2018, Sharing and Hiding Religious Knowledge in Early Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Popović, M., Roig Lanzillotta, L. & Wilde, C. (eds.). Berlin: De Gruyter, p. 46-71 26 p. (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam – Tension, Transmission, Transformation; vol. 10).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review