Proving History: Bayes's Theorem and the Quest for the Historical Jesus

by Richard C. Carrier

This in-depth discussion of New Testament scholarship and the challenges of history as a whole proposes Bayes's Theorem, which deals with probabilities under conditions of uncertainty, as a solution to the problem of establishing reliable historical criteria. The author demonstrates that valid historical methods-not only in the study of Christian origins but in any historical study-can be described by, and reduced to, the logic of Bayes's Theorem...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1616145595
• ISBN13: 9781616145590
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.1"