The synoptic problem and statistics. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Andris Abakuks.
• Authors: Abakuks, Andris
• Contents: Introduction to the gospel texts and the synoptic problem; The New Testament gospels; Manuscripts, critical editions and synopses; The synoptic problem and some proposed solutions; Statistics, verbal agreements, and sources of data; Outline of this book The triple-link model ; Introduction; The data; Probabilistic notation and assumptions; A probabilistic analysis; A statistical analysis; Double-link models Matthew's and Luke's use of Mark: a logistic regression approach; Introduction; The data; Models for the univariate series; Models for the bivariate series Hidden Markov models for binary time series ; Introduction and motivation; Description of a hidden Markov model (HMM); The likelihood function; Methods for computation; Choosing an HMM; Decoding Matthew's and Luke's use of Mark: hidden Markov models ; Introduction; Fitting hidden Markov models; Decoding the text of Mark for the fitted HMMs Mark's and Luke's use of Matthew ; Introduction; The data; Logistic regression; Hidden Markov models; Decoding; The minor agreements Examples of synoptic parallels ; Introduction; The Healing of a Leper; The Healing of the Paralytic; The Feeding of the Five Thousand; The Great Commandment; About David's Son; Jesus Mocked and Peter's Triple Denial; Comments on further pericopes; The Rich Young Man; The Healing of Bartimaeus Final conclusions ; Summary; Directions for future work Appendix: R code for hidden Markov models Bibliography Author Index Subject Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : Chapman & Hall/CRC
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 226.0660727; Synoptic problem -- Statistical methods; Markov processes
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781466572027
• Related ISBNs: 9781466572010
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