Book Description
Can the authentic words and deeds of Jesus identified by the Jesus Seminar furnish a sufficient basis for a credible profile of the Jesus of history? That is the challenge faced by the contributors to this volume. Their efforts have resulted in a unique collection of studied impressions of Jesus. Here readers will see not Jesus the icon of myth and creed, but a provocative young man of first-century Palestine whose vision and determination to live the vision gave birth to a new form of faith and changed the course of history.


About the Author
Marcus J. Borg is Hundere Distinguished Professor of Religion and Culture at Oregon State University. Kathleen E. Corley is Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Professor of the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. John Dominic Crossan is Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies, DePaul University, Chicago. Arthur J. Dewey is Professor of Theology, Xavier University, Cincinnati. Robert T. Fortna is Weyerhaeuser Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies, Vassar College. Robert W. Funk is Director of the Westar Institute and founder of the Jesus Seminar. Charles W. Hedrick is Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies, Southwest Missouri State University. Roy W. Hoover is Weyerhaeuser Professor of Biblical Literature and Professor of Religion Emeritus, Whitman College. Lane C. McGaughy is the Geo. H. Atkinson Professor of Religious and Ethical Studies at Willamette University. Stephen J. Patterson is Professor of New Testament at Eden Theological Seminary. James M. Robinson is Professor Emeritus at The Claremont Graduate School. Bernard Brandon Scott is Darbeth Distinguished Professor of New Testament at the Phillips Theological Seminar, University of Tulsa. Mahlon H. Smith is Associate Professor, Department of Religion, Rutgers University. Hal Taussig is Visiting Professor of New Testament at Union Theological Seminary in New York.

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