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The Jesus Seminar
The Acts of Jesus
The Search for the Authentic Deeds of Jesus
Robert W. Funk and The Jesus Seminar
The long-awaited sequel to The Five Gospels assesses the historical likelihood of the events and deeds reported in Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, the Gospel of Peter, and other ancient gospels.
Finding the Historical Jesus
Rules of Evidence
Bernard Brandon Scott, editor
How does one begin the search for the historical Jesus? What are the rules or criteria for sorting through the evidence? For readers looking to discover who Jesus was, this is where the quest begins. Includes Questions for Discussion.
The Five Gospels
The Search for the Authentic Words of Jesus
Robert W. Funk, Roy W. Hoover and the Jesus Seminar
This best-selling book reviews the likely authenticity of the more than 1,500 sayings attributed to Jesus in Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and the Gospel of Thomas.
The Gospel of Jesus
according to the Jesus Seminar
Robert W. Funk and the Jesus Seminar
What would a truly original gospel look like—a gospel cleared of the interpretation and embellishment of the evangelists, a gospel that contained only the words and deeds of the historical Jesus? The Gospel of Jesus is that gospel.
The Historical Jesus Goes to Church
Roy W. Hoover et al.
In The Historical Jesus Goes To Church, Fellows of the Jesus Seminar speak directly to the ways in which new knowledge of the Jesus of history requires us to think differently about the significance of Jesus and imagine what these new understandings imply for public worship, preaching, prayer and practice, and life in community.
Jesus Reconsidered
Bernard Brandon Scott, editor
Scholars of the Jesus Seminar invite readers to step inside the scholarly debates about the historical Jesus. Includes questions for discussion.
The Jesus Seminar and Its Critics
Robert J. Miller
A veteran member of the Seminar examines its agenda and its inner deliberations, dissecting the rationale of the Seminar's historical work and clearly explaining what its findings portend.
John the Baptist and Jesus
A Report of the Jesus Seminar
W. Barnes Tatum
This report includes a summary of the Jesus Seminar's deliberations on John the Baptist, an historical sketch, and essays on his place in ancient and modern popular culture.
Listening to the Parables of Jesus
Edward F. Beutner, editor
From time to time even scholars scratch their heads in puzzlement over the meaning of Jesus' parables. This concise, well edited book brings together insights from world-renowned scholars into the interpretation of parables. Includes questions for discussion.
The Parables of Jesus
Red Letter Edition
Robert W. Funk, Bernard Brandon Scott and James R. Butts
This Jesus Seminar report reviews the authenticity of all gospel versions of the 33 parables, with introduction and parallel versions of each parable.
The Once and Future Jesus
Marcus Borg, John Dominic Crossan, Robert W. Funk, Lloyd Geering
Karen King, Gerd Ludemann, Thomas Sheehan, John Shelby Spong, Walter Wink
Leading thinkers turn their attention from the past to the future and ask: What do new understandings of Jesus mean for the church, the faith, and the world of tomorrow.
Once & Future Faith
Karen Armstrong, Don Cupitt, Arthur J. Dewey, Robert W. Funk,
Lloyd Geering, Roy W. Hoover, Robert J. Miller, Stephen J. Patterson, Bernard Brandon Scott, John Shelby Spong
Four world class thinkers — Don Cupitt, Karen Armstrong, John Shelby Spong, and Lloyd Geering — join the Fellows of the Jesus Seminar to sort through the issues and attempt to form an agenda for the reinvention of Christianity.
When Faith Meets Reason
Religions Scholars Reflect on Their Spiritual Journeys
Charles W. Hedrick, Susan M. (Elli) Elliott, David Galston, Glenna S. Jackson, Paul Alan Laughlin, Nigel Leaves, Darren J. N. Middleton, Robert M. Price, James M. Robinson, Mahlon H. Smith, Hal Taussig, Theodore J. Weeden, Sr., and Walter Wink
Charles W. Hedrick , editor
What happens to faith when the creeds and confessions can no longer be squared with historical and empirical evidence? Scholars take up the challenge to speak candidly about how they negotiate the conflicting claims of faith and reason.
Historical Jesus
The Apocalyptic Jesus
A Debate
Robert J. Miller, editor, Dale C. Allison, Marcus J. Borg, John
Dominic Crossan & Stephen J. Patterson
Four eminent New Testament scholars – Dale Allison, Marcus Borg, John Dominic Crossan, and Stephen Patterson – come together under the direction of Robert J. Miller to debate this, the single most important question about the historical Jesus.
Born Divine
The Births of Jesus and Other Sons of God
Robert J. Miller
Robert Miller separates fact from fiction in the gospel narratives of Jesus' birth and infancy and relates them to stories about the miraculous births of Israelite heroes and of Greek and Roman sons of God. Study guide available.
A Credible Jesus
Fragments of a Vision
Robert W Funk
Robert Funk sorts and assembles the fragments of Jesus' vision and examines ways in which the vision they preserve can serve twenty-first century people searching for meaning in a very different world than the one Jesus inhabited.
Dating Acts
Between the Evangelists and the Apologists
Richard I. Pervo
Richard Pervo subjects the scholarly consensus that Acts was written about 80–85 c.e. to a rigorous scholarly examination.
Eyes That See Not
The Pope Looks at Jesus
Gerd Luedemann
Taking up the papal invitation (of Pope Benedict XVI) to respond critically to his book Jesus of Nazareth, Gerd Lüdemann offers a meticulous and devastating critique.
Funk on Parables
Collected Essays
Robert W. Funk
A collected of Robert W. Funk's foundational essays on parables from Language, Hermeneutic, and Word of God in 1966 to the present, edited with an Introduction by Bernard Brandon Scott.
Honest to Jesus
Jesus for a New Millennium
Robert W. Funk
Robert Funk details the investigation into who Jesus was and outlines a bold vision of the future of Christianity.
Jesus the Man
An Introduction for People at Home in the Modern World
Marvin F. Cain
Marvin Cain combines the skills of a university religion professor and an electrical engineer to set forth a straightforward and objective portrait of Jesus as a first-century man.
Jesus Before God
The Prayer Life of the Historical Jesus
Hal Taussig
Combining a scholar's insight with a poet's voice, Hal Taussig examines new ways the historical Jesus can teach us to pray.
Profiles of Jesus
Roy W. Hoover, ed.
with Marcus J. Borg, Kathleen E. Corley, John Dominic Crossan,
Arthur J. Dewey, Robert T. Fortna, Robert W. Funk, Charles W. Hedrick, Lane C. McGaughy, Stephen J. Patterson, James M. Robinson, Bernard Brandon Scott, Mahlon H. Smith, Hal Taussig
In these profiles readers will see a provocative young man of first-century Palestine whose vision of the reign of God and determination to live the vision changed the course of history.
Women & the Historical Jesus
Freminist Myths of Christian Origins
Kathleen E. Corley
Kathleen Corley challenges the assumption that Jesus fought patriarchal limitations on women and argues that his critique of class distinctions did not extend to unequal gender distinctions.
Introductions and curricula
Christian Faith at the Crossroads
A Map of Modern Religious History
Lloyd Geering
Christian Faith at the Crossroads takes readers on a carefully guided tour of four hundred years of modern religious history.
Getting Oriented
What Every Christian Should Know About Eastern Religions, but Probably Doesn't
Paul Alan Laughlin
Jesus and His Kingdom of Equals
An Interdenominational Curriculum on the Life and Teachings of Jesus
Cheryl Gibbs Binkley & Jane Mitchell McKeel
In thirty-three weekly lessons students experience an unfolding narrative of a Jewish reformer who saw through the hypocrisy and elitism of first-century Roman Palestine.
New Testament Fundamentals
Stevan L. Davies
This exceptional introduction presents the materials clearly, with charts, tables and a map, along with suggested exercises and additional reading.
Reforming Christianity
Don Cupitt
Don Cupitt argues that a reformation and renewal of Christianity is possible, but will be difficult.
Re-Imagine the World
An Introduction to the Parables of Jesus
Bernard Brandon Scott
Scott sets his interpretation of the key parables of Jesus in the context of other things Jesus said and did. The result is a startling and provocative picture of the historical figure and the challenge he presents to contemporary life.
Remedial Christianity
Paul Alan Laughlin
Written clearly and with humor, Remedial Christianity provides a valuable tool for everyone seeking to understand Christianity.
Sayings Gospel Q
The First Gospel
An Introduction to Q
Arland D. Jacobson
"The best available introduction to current Q studies for the serious and casual student alike."— Bible Review
Q-Thomas Reader
The Gospels Before the Gospels
John S. Kloppenborg, Marvin W. Meyer, Stephen J. Patterson
and Michael G. Steinhauser
"The best introductory-level treatment of these texts now available."—Studies in Religion
Q Parallels
Synopsis, Critical Notes & Concordance
John S. Kloppenborg
The basic text of Q presented with English translation and all known parallels in the original languages of Greek, Hebrew, Coptic and Latin.
Gospel of Thomas
The Gospel of Thomas and Jesus
Stephen J. Patterson
A view of the controversy surrounding the Gospel of Thomas, which concludes that Thomas was produced by an early Christian school of thought living in a world of itinerant radicalism.
Q-Thomas Reader
The Gospels Before the Gospels
John S. Kloppenborg, Marvin W. Meyer, Stephen J. Patterson
and Michael G. Steinhauser
"The best introductory-level treatment of these texts now available."—Studies in Religion
Spirituality
Above Us Only Sky
Don Cupitt
Don Cupitt presents a systematic theology of his religion of ordinary life, setting it against its philosophical background, its spirituality and its relation to other faiths.
Christianity without God
Lloyd Geering
Lloyd Geering asks whether the "death of God" spells the imminent death of the whole Christian tradition or simply means the end of conventional Christian doctrine.
Emptiness & Brightness
Don Cupitt
Don Cupitt asks: If new Platos or Buddhas were to appear today, what would they say about the nature of reality, the human condition and the way to happiness?
God, Galileo and Geering
A Faith for the 21st Century
Bob Jones
A study guide to Lloyd Geering's pivotal books --- The World to Come, Tomorrow's God, and Christian Faith at the Crossroads.
The God Problem
Alternatives to Fundamentalism
Nigel Leaves
The God Problem is n excellent point of departure and a resource for a discussion of how we may speak of God today.
The Great Questions of Life
Don Cupitt
Don Cupitt collects and classifies all the great questions, in the wordings that are most familiar to us, and interprets and answers them.
Impossible Loves
Don Cupitt
Cupitt examines the role played in our lives by various impossible loves, whether for non-existent objects, unavailable persons, or unattainable ideals. This noted scholar guides us through this process like no one else can.
Jesus Before God
The Prayer Life of the Historical Jesus
Hal Taussig
Combining a scholar's insight with a poet's voice, Hal Taussig examines new ways the historical Jesus can teach us to pray.
Just Call Me Bob
The Wit & Wisdom of Robert W. Funk
Andrew D. Scrimgeour
Funk delights and entertains readers with his reflections on a wide variety of topics which, not surprisingly, include God, the Bible, Jesus, and academia.
Life, Life
Don Cupitt
Don Cupitt has assembled some 250 life-idioms which he mines to develop a modern religious philosophy of human life.
A New Spiritual Home
Progressive Christianity at the Grass Roots
Hal Taussig
Hal Taussig identifies thousands of progressive churches and para-churches and describes five characteristics of this new movement.
Radical Theology
Don Cupitt
Eighteen unpublished or little known published essays that demonstrate Cupitt's long held desire to reach and influence ordinary people.
Tomorrow's God
How We Create Our Worlds
Lloyd Geering
Geering traces the collective drift toward meaning that gave rise to the various religions and explores the reasons they are now in decline.
An Uncommon Lectionary
A Companion to Common Lectionaries
John Beverley Butcher
For the first time ever, the revolutionary Uncommon Lectionary provides readings from gospels outside the New Testament, Thomas, Peter, Mary, asnd from other early church documents such as the Didache.
The World to Come
From Christian Past to Global Future
Lloyd Geering
Geering sketches his vision of a new global spirituality that incorporates the best of our legacy from the past and promotes care for all living creatures and the earth itself.
Ethics
Ethics in the Global Village
Moral Insights for the Post 9-11 USA
Jack A. HillJack Hill connects the dots between what Jesus said long ago and what we experience today in a radically new way by linking the voice of Jesus to unheard voices of contemporary, largely marginalized, social and political movements.
Religion & Science
Making God Laugh
Human Arrogance & Ecological Humility
Anne Primavesi
Anne Primvesi argues that the time has come to replace human arrogance with ecological humility and a scientific understanding of ourselves as interdependent members of the whole community of life on earth.
Stones & Bones
Char Matejovsky/Robaire Ream
Beautifully illustrated in full color, Stones & Bones sketches the story of evolution in seventeen verses. Includes a CD of the Stones & Bones song.
Don Cupitt
Odyssey on the Sea of Faith
The Life and Writings of Don Cupitt
Nigel Leaves
Surfing on the Sea of Faith
The Religion and Ethics of Don Cupitt
Nigel Leaves
In two volumes, Nigel Leaves maps the ways in which the ideas of Don Cupitt have developed, evolved, and changed.
John Dillenberger
From Fallow Fields to Hallowed Halls
A Theologian's Journey
An autobiography.
Robert W. Funk
The Acts of Jesus
The Search for the Authentic Deeds of Jesus
Robert W. Funk and The Jesus Seminar
The long-awaited sequel to The Five Gospels assesses the historical likelihood of the events and deeds reported in Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, the Gospel of Peter, and other ancient gospels.
The Five Gospels
The Search for the Authentic Words of Jesus
Robert W. Funk, Roy W. Hoover and the Jesus Seminar
This best-selling book reviews the likely authenticity of the more than 1,500 sayings attributed to Jesus in Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and the Gospel of Thomas.
The Gospel of Jesus
according to the Jesus Seminar
Robert W. Funk and the Jesus Seminar
What would a truly original gospel look like—a gospel cleared of the interpretation and embellishment of the evangelists, a gospel that contained only the words and deeds of the historical Jesus? The Gospel of Jesus is that gospel.
The Gospel of Mark
Red Letter Edition
Robert W. Funk with Mahlon H. Smith
A superb introductory teaching tool on critical historical analysis of the gospels, this provides expanded information to supplement The Five Gospels.
Honest to Jesus
Jesus for a New Millennium
Robert W. Funk
Robert Funk details the investigation into who Jesus was and outlines a bold vision of the future of Christianity.
Jesus as Precursor
Robert W. Funk
Robert Funk suggests that the primary successors to Jesus may be the modern tellers of parables such Kafka and Borges.
New Gospel Parallels
The Gospel of Mark
Robert W. Funk
The Gospel of Mark is presented in its entirety with the parallel texts from canonical and extra-canonical texts graphically divided into individual lines and matched side-by-side.
Parables and Presence
Robert W. Funk
Robert Funk explores forms of the New Testament tradition, based on a view of language as perception, problem, and promise.
The Parables of Jesus
Red Letter Edition
Robert W. Funk, Bernard Brandon Scott and James R. Butts
This Jesus Seminar report reviews the authenticity of all gospel versions of the 33 parables, with introduction and parallel versions of each parable.
The Poetics of Biblical Narrative
Robert W. Funk
Using examples from the Bible and popular literature, Funk examines the surface structure of stories to uncover the underlying grammar of the narrative.
John Dominic Crossan
In Parables
The Challenge of the Historical Jesus
John Dominic Crossan
"Acquaintance with this book will be imperative for all contemporary study of the parables."
—Amos N. Wilder, Harvard Divinity School
The Dark Interval
Towards a Theology of Story
John Dominic Crossan
Crossan demonstrates the subversive power of the parable—of all story types, it is parable that subverts the world and undercuts the safe and comfortable shelter we build.
Gospels & Ancient Sources
The Acts of Andrew
Early Christian Apocrypha &
Dennis R. MacDonald
Edited by Julian V. Hills & Harold W. Attridge
A fresh, new translation of the text with cross-references, notes, and commentary and an extensive introduction.
The Complete Gospels
Annotated Scholars Version
Robert J. Miller, editor
All twenty of the known gospels from the early Christian era are presented for scholar, student and general reader alike in the Scholars Version translation.
Ancient Quotes & Anecdotes
From Crib to Crypt
Vernon K. Robbins, editor
This anthology introduces readers to stories popular in Mediterranean society during the first centuries.
The Fourth Gospel and Its Predecessor
From Narrative Source to Present Gospel
Robert Tomson Fortna
Fortna reconstructs the narrative source of the gospel and shows how and why the Fourth Gospel differs from its predecessor.
Gospel of Mary of Magdala
Karen L. King
The Gospel of May of Magdala offers a fascinating glimpse into the conflicts and controversies that shaped earliest Christianity.
Texts & Translations
The Complete Gospels
Annotated Scholars Version
Robert J. Miller, editor
All twenty of the known gospels from the early Christian era are presented for scholar, student and general reader alike in the Scholars Version translation.
Gospel of Mary of Magdala
Karen L. King
The Gospel of May of Magdala offers a fascinating glimpse into the conflicts and controversies that shaped earliest Christianity.
The Infancy Gospels of James and Thomas
With Introduction, Notes, and Original Text
Ronald F. Hock
Infancy gospels about how Jesus was born and raised: James tells the story of Mary and Thomas tells the tale of a petulant child prodigy. Greek with Scholars Version translation facing.
The Gospel of Mark
With Introduction, Notes, and Original Text
Daryl D. Schmidt
Schmidt presents the Greek text of the gospel and the Scholars Version translation on facing pages, with an informative introduction and extensive notes.
The Gospel of Matthew
With Introduction, Notes, and Original Text
Robert T. Fortna
Fortna presents the Greek text of the gospel and the Scholars Version translation on facing pages, with an informative introduction and extensive notes.
The Gospel of the Savior
A New Ancient Gospel
Charles Hedrick and Paul Mirecki
The first-ever publication of a previously unknown gospel, with translation, illuminating introduction, commentary, and Coptic and Greek indices.
Revelation of the Unknowable God
A Gnostic Text from the Nag Hammadi Library
Karen L. King
An extraordinary spiritual narrative, Allogenes—the Foreigner—recounts his visions, divine revelations, and spiritual progress. Includes complete Coptic text, new translation and comprehensive notes.
Literary Criticism
On Story-Telling
Essays in Narratology
Mieke Bal
This readable volume is an incisive approach to story-telling.
On Meaning-Making
Essays in Semiotics
Mieke Bal
Master narratologist Mieke Bal presents a comprehensive survey of semiotics—the theory of how signs are used and interpreted.
Curing Violence
Essays on René Girard
Mark I. Wallace and Theophus H. Smith, editors
Using the work of René Girard, leading scholars offer insights into religion as both cause and cure for social violence.
The Dark Interval
Towards a Theology of Story
John Dominic Crossan
Crossan demonstrates the subversive power of the parable—of all story types, it is parable that subverts the world and undercuts the safe and comfortable shelter we build.
Jesus as Precursor
Robert W. Funk
The primary successors to Jesus may be the modern tellers of parables such Kafka and Borges.
The Poetics of Biblical Narrative
Robert W. Funk
Using examples from the Bible and popular literature, Funk examines the surface structure of stories to uncover the underlying grammar of the narrative.
Children's Books
Stones & Bones
Char Matejovsky/Robaire ReamBeautifully illustrated in full color, Stones & Bones sketches the story of evolution in seventeen verses. Includes a CD of the Stones & Bones song.
Religion & Media
Reporting Religion
Facts and Faith
Benjamin J. Hubbard, editor
In this collection of essays, leading reporters, publishers and teachers question the current state of religion reporting, and show that responsible media
coverage must make room for the religious dimension.
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