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Jesus Seminar

Jesus Seminar
Formation1985 (1985)
FounderRobert Funk
Dissolved2006 (2006)
PurposeTo decide their collective view of the historicity of the deeds and sayings of Jesus of Nazareth
MethodsVotes with colored beads
Membership
150
Parent organization
Westar Institute

The Jesus Seminar was a group of about 50 biblical criticism scholars and 100 laymen founded in 1985 by Robert Funk that originated under the auspices of the Westar Institute.[1][2] The seminar was very active through the 1980s and 1990s, and into the early 21st century.

Members of the Seminar used votes with colored beads to decide their collective view of the historicity of the deeds and sayings of Jesus of Nazareth.[3] They produced new translations of the New Testament and apocrypha to use as textual sources. They published their results in three reports: The Five Gospels (1993),[4] The Acts of Jesus (1998),[5] and The Gospel of Jesus (1999).[6] They also ran a series of lectures and workshops in various U.S. cities.

The work of The Jesus Seminar continued after the death of its founder (2005) and was succeeded by two seminars: The Seminar on God and the Human Future and The Christianity Seminar. The latter published its first report in 2022, After Jesus Before Christianity: A Historical Exploration of the First Two Centuries of Jesus Movements.[7] The seminars are the scholarly program units of Westar Institute. Westar publishes a bi-monthly magazine for the general public, The Fourth R: An Advocate for Religious Literacy.

  1. ^ Westar Institute accessed November 6, 2006
  2. ^ Making Sense of the New Testament by Craig Blomberg (Mar 1, 2004) ISBN 0801027470 page 19
  3. ^ "The Jesus Seminar".
  4. ^ The Five Gospels: The Search for the Authentic Words of Jesus (1993) Polebridge Press (Macmillan), ISBN 0-02-541949-8
  5. ^ The Acts of Jesus: The Search for the Authentic Deeds of Jesus (1998), Harper San Francisco, ISBN 0-06-062979-7
  6. ^ The Gospel of Jesus: According to the Jesus Seminar (1999), Polebridge Press (Macmillan), ISBN 0-944344-74-7
  7. ^ Vearncombe, Erin; et al. (2022). After Jesus Before Christianity: A Historical Exploration of the First Two Centuries of Jesus Movements. New York: HarperOne. ISBN 978-0-06-306215-3.

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