A concise and readable introduction to the parables for all readers, this first report of the Jesus Seminar reviews the authenticity of all gospel versions of the thirty-three parables attributed to Jesus. Individual versions of each parable are grouped together and arranged for easy reference and comparison.

The Parables of Jesus: Red Letter Edition : A Report of the Jesus Seminar (Jesus Seminar Series)

Religion & Spirituality

Robert Walter Funk

James R. Butts

Bernard Brandon Scott

Jesus Seminar

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Polebridge Pr Westar Inst

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The Gospel of Mark: Red Letter Edition (Jesus Seminar Series)

Funk, Robert Walter

* Did Jesus claim to be the Messiah? * Did he promise to return and usher in a new age? * How did Jesus envision the kingdom of God? * Did he commission his disciples to convert the world and establish a church?  The Five Gospels answers these questions in a bold, dynamic work that will startle traditional readers of the Bible and rekindle interest in it among secular skeptics. In 1985 the Jesus Seminar, a distinguished group of biblical scholars led by Robert W. Funk and John Dominic Crossan (co-chairs), embarked on a new assessment of the gospels, including the recently discovered Gospel of Thomas. In pursuit of the historical Jesus, they used their collective expertise to determine the authenticity of the more than 1,500 sayings attributed to him. Their remarkable findings appear in this book.  Each saying attributed to Jesus is color-coded and presented in a completely new translation of the Greek and Coptic texts. In the judgment of the Jesus Seminar:  * only those sayings that appear in red type are considered by the Seminar to be close to what Jesus actually said;  * the words in pink less certainly originated with Jesus;  * the words in gray are not his, though they contain ideas that are close to his own;  * the sayings that appear in black have been embellished or created by his followers, or borrowed from common lore.  According to the Seminar, no more than 20 percent of the sayings attributed to Jesus were uttered by him.  This book contains illuminating commentary and notes on the text of the gospels and rigorously explores the historical and literary factors behind the Seminar's findings. The enlightening introduction by Robert W. Funk, founder of the Jesus Seminar, sums up two hundred years of gospel scholarship and provides a rare insight into the workings of the Seminar. The Five Gospels is a major work of biblical scholarship that gives new dimensions to the historical Jesus.

The Five Gospels: The Search for the Authentic Words of Jesus

Funk, Robert W.

Hoover, Roy W.

What would a truly original gospel look like—a gospel cleared of the interpretation and embellishment of the evangelists, a gospel that contained only the words and deeds of the historical Jesus? The Gospel of Jesus is that gospel. 
Since its founding in 1985, the Jesus Seminar has been a pioneer in bringing historical Jesus scholarship to the general public, making vital but often complex studies accessible, understandable and relevant. In The Gospel of Jesus, Robert Funk and the Jesus Seminar take the work of popularizing historical Jesus studies in a new and exciting direction. This single composite gospel is created out of the stories told about and words ascribed to Jesus in the ancient gospels.

The Gospel of Jesus: According to the Jesus Seminar

The voice of Jesus has for centuries been obscured and his vision skewed even by well-intended gospel writers, who transmitted his words to serve their own concerns. The Gospel of Jesus frees Jesus' voice from the accretions of time and lets his challenging wisdom stand out as never before. This single composite gospel, created out of the sayings and reports that were deemed probably historical by the Jesus Seminar, is an essential resource for anyone seeking to detect the words of Jesus as they were heard by his earliest listeners.
 This second edition includes a new preface and introduction, updated and reorganized translation and notes, and expanded appendices and indices, all in a redesigned, user-friendly format.

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