Discussion of: Statistical analysis of an archeological find
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Discussion of : Statistical Analysis of an Archeological Find
1. Introduction. The starting points of Feuerverger's paper are both exciting and promising: A scientific puzzle of major importance is settled by a novel statistical approach. The puzzle is related to the re-analyzed inscriptions on the ossuaries from an ancient tomb from Jerusalem unearthed in 1980. The new analysis, also documented in a book [Jacobovici and Pelle-grino (2007)] and a document...
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In 1980, a burial tomb was unearthed in Jerusalem containing ossuaries (limestone coffins) bearing such inscriptions as Yeshua son of Yehosef, Marya, Yoseh—names which match those of New Testament (NT) figures, but were otherwise in common use. This paper discusses certain statistical aspects of authenticating or repudiating links between this find and the NT family. The available data are laid...
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I thank all the discussants for their many critiques and comments, and for their considerable efforts. Many of the points raised are ones with which I (at least in part) agree. It therefore seems easiest to first deal with a number of points with which I don’t agree. First, Fuchs states (and Bentley appears to assume) that my analysis is documented in a book and in a movie, neither of which I h...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Annals of Applied Statistics
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1932-6157
DOI: 10.1214/08-aoas99a