Name statistics 6: Rare names from the Gospels, Ilan, and chance @LydiaMcGrewChannel
Name statistics 6: Rare names from the Gospels, Ilan, and chance @LydiaMcGrewChannel
Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
In this second episode to be released on January 7, 2024, I examine Gregor and Blais's criticism that the Gospels and Acts percentage of rare names is too low. I point out the "elephant in the room" that they have overlooked--the comparison between the percentage of rare names in the Gospels and Acts, on the one hand, and the percentage expected in a sample taken from a flat chance distribution of 451 names. That comparison yields a result vastly to the advantage of the Gospels and Acts.
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Name statistics 6: Rare names from the Gospels, Ilan, and chance

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