Journalists frequently refer to the 74 “scholars” of the Jesus Seminar as representing the mainstream of biblical scholarship. Here are the ones you need when the Jesus Seminar hits the newsstands.
Sometimes the best defense is knowing the right questions to ask. This is a strong challenge to evangelicals, depicted here as preferring nice stories to accurate history. It is for those who prefer facts to fancies, history to histrionics, science to superstition.” Robert Funk, the Seminar’s founder, says, “It is time for us to quit the library and study and speak up.The Jesus Seminar is a clarion call to enlightenment. And they claim to have history, science and scholarship on their side. These preachers practice evangelism in reverse, for they don’t want you to commit your life to the Christ of the Gospels they want you to surrender that commitment. With Easter just around the corner, we’re about to see a flood of articles in the news weeklies and local papers about a very specific kind of missionary group. Greg puts their method, which includes voting with colored beads, “under fire.”īrace yourself. The “Jesus Seminar” is a group of self-described scholars who have determined Jesus probably only said 20% of the quotes attributed to him by Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John.
