Robert W. Funk was a distinguished teacher,
writer, translator and publisher in the field of religion. A
Guggenheim Fellow and Senior Fulbright Scholar, he served as Annual
Professor of the American School of Oriental Research in Jerusalem
and as chair of the Graduate Department of Religion at Vanderbilt
University, USA. Robert Funk was a recognized pioneer in modern
biblical scholarship, having led the Society of Biblical Literature
as its Executive Secretary from 1968–1973.
Arthur J. Dewey (Th.D., Harvard University) is
Professor of Theology at Xavier University in Cincinnati, OH, USA.
A distinguished teacher, writer, translator and commentator, he is
the co-founder of the Healing Deadly Memories Program, a unique
project that conducts workshops on how to deal with the question of
anti-Semitism in the New Testament. He served as co-chair of the
Bible in Ancient and Modern Media Group of the Society of Biblical
Literature and was the recipient of a Wheeler Grant for
investigating and reporting on Religion in the Media, a seminar
surveying the use and abuse of religion in print journalism. His
poetry has appeared in the Christian Century.
The Jesus Seminar was organised to discover and
report a scholarly consensus on the historical authenticity of the
sayings and deeds attributed to Jesus in the gospels. In the
judgment of the Jesus Seminar, 18 percent of the sayings and 16
percent of the deeds are authentic. These findings, along with the
public nature of the seminar system, led to widespread public
debate.
Bold and meticulous scholarship, with astonishing results. -- James
Carse
This book will excite, challenge, intrigue and threaten readers.
--Bishop John Shelby Spong
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