The Historical Jesus Goes to Church.The Jesus Seminar The Jesus Seminar is a research team of about 200 New Testament scholars founded in 1985 by the late Robert Funk and John Dominic Crossan under the auspices of the Westar Institute. continues its curious way. In The Historical Jesus This article is about Jesus the man, using historical methods to reconstruct a biography of his life and times. For disputes about the existence of Jesus and reliability of ancient texts relating to him, see Historicity of Jesus. Goes to Church (Pole-bridge, $18) eight writers describe how the use of the Jesus Seminar's results raise questions, provoke discussion, critique the tradition, call the reliability of the New Testament into question, and try to make the case that this benefits the church and its message greatly. Provocative, challenging, aggravating ag·gra·vate tr.v. ag·gra·vat·ed, ag·gra·vat·ing, ag·gra·vates 1. To make worse or more troublesome. 2. To rouse to exasperation or anger; provoke. See Synonyms at annoy. , and insightful, it will challenge clergy to rethink re·think tr. & intr.v. re·thought , re·think·ing, re·thinks To reconsider (something) or to involve oneself in reconsideration. re their understanding of Jesus as these essays claim that the modern world challenges the classical beliefs about Jesus. The challenge is both relevant and good; their solution to meeting this challenge satisfies less. Still, pastors need to be informed about their challenge, since they hope to export their theology to local parishes. EK |
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