Five Gospels: What Did Jesus Really Say? The Search for the AUTHENTIC Words of Jesus
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?\ 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, comprising a distinguished group of biblical scholars, was founded by Robert W. Funk. They embarked on a new translation and assessment of the gospels, including the...
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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?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, comprising a distinguished group of biblical scholars, was founded by Robert W. Funk. They embarked on a new translation and 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 more than fifteen hundred sayings attributed to him. Their remarkable findings appear in this book. Library Journal The Jesus Seminar, a group of scholars who have attempted to locate the authentic words of Jesus, made headlines two years ago by reporting that, of the entire Lord's Prayer as found in Matthew, the only words that could conclusively be attributed to Jesus are ``Our Father.'' In this book they have published their results. This new translation of the four gospels, augmented by the noncanonical Gospel of Thomas, presents Jesus' words printed in colored code: red for words Jesus almost certainly spoke, pink for his probable locutions, gray for the less than likely, and black for the implausible. The translation itself is far more colloquial than most. More germane, though, is that the four levels of authenticity were determined by the casting of ballots, which the editors admit is problematic and represents the fundamental weakness of the book. Whether Jesus actually spoke certain words matters little in the long view of Christianity, making this book a theological curiosity and religiously superfluous.-- W. Alan Froggatt, Bridgewater, Ct.
The Gospel of MarkThe good news of Jesus the Anointed begins with something Isaiah the prophet wrote: Here is my messenger,
PrefaceThe Scholars Version Translation PanelThe Scholars VersionAbbreviationsHow To Use This BookIntroductionThe Search for the Real Jesus: Darwin, Scopes, & All That1The Seven Pillars of Scholarly Wisdom2The Jesus of History & the Christ of Faith5Text Detectives & Manuscript Sleuths: The Gospels in Greek8A Map of Gospel Relationships9Rules of Written Evidence16From the Gospels to Jesus: The Rules of Oral Evidence25Beads & Boxes: The Jesus Seminar at Work34The Gospel of Mark39The Gospel of Matthew129The Gospel of Luke271The Gospel of John401The Gospel of Thomas471Roster of the Fellows of the Jesus Seminar533Suggestions for Further Study538Dictionary of Terms & Sources542Index of Red & Pink Letter Sayings549
\ Library JournalThe Jesus Seminar, a group of scholars who have attempted to locate the authentic words of Jesus, made headlines two years ago by reporting that, of the entire Lord's Prayer as found in Matthew, the only words that could conclusively be attributed to Jesus are ``Our Father.'' In this book they have published their results. This new translation of the four gospels, augmented by the noncanonical Gospel of Thomas, presents Jesus' words printed in colored code: red for words Jesus almost certainly spoke, pink for his probable locutions, gray for the less than likely, and black for the implausible. The translation itself is far more colloquial than most. More germane, though, is that the four levels of authenticity were determined by the casting of ballots, which the editors admit is problematic and represents the fundamental weakness of the book. Whether Jesus actually spoke certain words matters little in the long view of Christianity, making this book a theological curiosity and religiously superfluous.-- W. Alan Froggatt, Bridgewater, Ct.\ \
