Why do you say that the relocation hypothesis is a better explanation (i.e., has greater explanatory power) for an empty tomb than the resurrection hypothesis?
The relocation hypothesis is the view that Jesus’ body was stored (but not buried) in Joseph’s tomb Friday before sunset, and moved on Saturday night to a second tomb in the graveyard of the condemned, where Jesus was buried dishonorably. From a logical perspective, what is significant about this hypothesis is that it entails an empty tomb. In other words, if the relocation hypothesis is true, there is a 100% probability that Jesus’ women followers discovered his (first) tomb empty on Sunday morning. In contrast, the resurrection hypothesis does not presuppose an empty tomb. By itself, the resurrection hypothesis tells us nothing about whether there was an empty tomb, since the resurrection hypothesis is compatible with a wide variety of auxiliary hypotheses concerning the status of Jesus’ corpse between the time of his death and the time of his alleged resurrection. For all we know antecedently, Jesus could have been denied burial and could have risen from the cross, not the grave. Or
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