Evidence item ยท v0.74
Onomastics: names in the Gospels match Palestinian frequencies
E-HIST-NAME-OSPE
Visual overview: First Century Palestinian Names And Qualifiers visual overview
Classification
- Evidence ID
- E-HIST-NAME-OSPE
- Corpus/version
- v0.74
- Stage
- stage4
- Category
- New Testament Setting
- Major category
- Archaeology
- Sub-category
- Onomastics
- BF status
- ready
- Scoring label
- Scored row with active Bayes factors
Navigation
Primary Datum
Datum: names in the Gospels match known Palestinian name frequencies from ossuaries and inscriptions.
Scoring / Hypothesis Pressure
| Hypothesis | log10BF | Min | Max | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
H-SCRIPTURE-HIST-EMBEDDEDNESS | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.1 | Gospel onomastics matching Palestinian name frequencies modestly supports local embeddedness over wholesale free invention. |
Dependency / Cap Metadata
- dependency_cluster_id
- new_testament_historical_synchronisms
- dependency_cluster_role
- sibling_support
- dependency_cluster
- new_testament_historical_synchronisms
- dependency_role
- sibling_support
- cap_profile
- support_layer_small
- evidence_function
- support_layer
- directness
- supporting
Counter-Pressure
- title
- Onomastics: names in the Gospels match Palestinian frequencies is a bounded signal, not a standalone proof.
- text
- The strongest caution is overuse. Synchronisms are support-layer evidence. They do not, by themselves, prove miracles, Resurrection, or Christ as Logos. This row should be read inside its dependency family, not treated as an isolated demonstration of God, Christ, or the final synthesis.
- path
- Start with what the row actually shows, then name what it does not show. Use it to show that the texts are not floating myth, then keep the theological claim tied to stronger direct rows.
Apologetic Note
- label
- Apologetic leverage
- title
- Onomastics: names in the Gospels match Palestinian frequencies makes burial language less abstract.
- key point
- Personal names in the Gospels match the distribution known from ossuaries and inscriptions of the period. The item helps show that burial language in the Gospels fits known Jewish material culture and practice.
- conversation move
- Use it to keep the discussion grounded: burial, tombs, names, family memory, and Jerusalem practice are historical questions before they are theological slogans.
- caveat
- Do not make burial-context evidence prove the empty tomb by itself. It supports plausibility and setting within the cumulative resurrection case.
Caveats / Notes
- Cap notes
- Historical/material synchronism support layer; primarily supports Scripture historical embeddedness and alternative-pressure constraints.
- Cap profile note
- Support-layer rows stay small even when visible and inspectable.
- Cluster note
- Specific onomastics support-layer row. Supports historical embeddedness, not direct Christology or resurrection.
- Scoring note
- Specific onomastics support-layer row. Supports historical embeddedness, not direct Christology or resurrection.
Citations
- Tal Ilan (2002). Lexicon of Jewish Names in Late Antiquity.
- Bauckham, R. (2006). Jesus and the Eyewitnesses.
Recommended Citation
The Signal Evidence Dataset, "Onomastics: names in the Gospels match Palestinian frequencies," Evidence ID: E-HIST-NAME-OSPE, Version 0.74. Accessed [access date]. https://logos-signal.org/evidence/E-HIST-NAME-OSPE/
Machine-Readable Source
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