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A statistical study of the triple‐link model in the synoptic problem
Author(s) -
Abakuks Andris
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of the royal statistical society: series a (statistics in society)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.103
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1467-985X
pISSN - 0964-1998
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-985x.2005.00378.x
Subject(s) - link (geometry) , set (abstract data type) , probabilistic logic , statistical model , computer science , arithmetic , mathematics , statistics , combinatorics , programming language
Summary. In New Testament studies, the synoptic problem is concerned with the relationships between the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke. A careful specification in probabilistic terms is set up of what is known as the triple‐link model, and, as a special case, the double‐link model. Counts of the numbers of verbal agreements between the gospels are examined to investigate which of the possible triple‐link models appears to give the best fit to the data.