Statistical Argument, Other Problems, And Conclusions
STATISTICAL ARGUMENT, OTHER PROBLEMS, AND CONCLUSIONS
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In the last chapter we argued that the Talpiot Hypothesis falls substantially short on the issues of the incidence of family names, the identification of the Mariamene ossuary as that of Mary Magdalene, the identification of the tenth ossuary as that of James the brother of Jesus, and the DNA testing.
Our chief subject in this chapter is to evaluate the statistical argument provided by those who support the Talpiot thesis, which they think shows to a high degree of likelihood (600:1) that the Talpiot Tomb is the actual burial site of Jesus' family. Several other problems with the overall thesis also need to be mentioned, some of which are rarely discussed. Then we will view a number of scholarly conclusions to the Talpiot Hypothesis.