Full name: The Five Gospels: The Search for the Authentic Words of Jesus

Authors: Robert W. Funk, Roy W. Hoover Year: 1993 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Religion, Christianity, Non Fiction, History Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780060630409 006063040X

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. Similar books: The Gospel According to Jesus by Stephen Mitchell Three Gospels by Reynolds Price The Authentic Gospel of Jesus by Geza Vermes The Essential Jesus by John Dominic Crossan The Historical Figure of Jesus by E. P. Sanders Hail, Holy Queen by Scott Hahn How Jesus Became God by Bart D. Ehrman Constantine's Sword by James Carroll Jesus by Michael Grant How God Became King by N. T. Wright The Last Week by Marcus J. Borg Beyond Belief by Elaine Pagels Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism by John Shelby Spong Jesus for the Non Religious by John Shelby Spong The Misunderstood Jew by Amy-Jill Levine The Day Christ Died by Jim Bishop Lost Scriptures by Bart D. Ehrman Cosmos, Chaos and the World to Come by Norman Cohn The Harlot by the Side of the Road by Jonathan Kirsch Paul and Jesus by James D. Tabor