- Hardcover: 576 pages
- Publisher: Macmillan USA; illustrated edition edition (17 Jan 1994)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0025419498
- ISBN-13: 978-0025419490
- Product Dimensions: 24.1 x 19.3 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
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In 1985, the Jesus Seminar, a group of biblical scholars, embarked on a new translation of the gospels. In pursuit of the historical Jesus, they attempted to determine the authenticity of the more than 1500 sayings attributed to him. Did Jesus really give the Sermon on the Mount? Is the Lord's Prayer composed of his authentic words? This book aims to answer these questions. Each saying attributed to Jesus is presented in a colour-coded text. Only those sayings that appear in red type are considered by the Seminar to approximate what Jesus actually said. The words in pink, in the judgment of the Seminar, less certainly originated with Jesus. Those in grey are considered not his, though the ideas they contain are close to his own. Finally, the sayings that appear in black have been ruled to be embellishments by his followers, and entirely inauthentic. According to the Seminar, no more than 20 percent of the sayings historically attributed to Jesus were actually uttered by him. This book contains commentary and notes on the text of the gospels and explores the historical and literary factors that formed the basis for the Seminar's findings.
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
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Using modern critical techniques to peel away 2,000 years of embellishments and modifications, the learned fellows of the Jesus Seminar courageously present a new vision of the Gospels and attempt to rediscover what message Jesus of Nazareth might have been presenting during his lifetime.
After a democratic discussion, each of the Seminar members voted on how "real" each of the statements commonly attributed to Jesus might be. What's left is this annotated, color-coded text, ranging in hues from red (almostly certainly said by Jesus) to pink to gray to black (absolutely not even close to what Jesus probably said), and an all-new picture of Jesus the man, with his simple and powerful message entirely separate and distinct from the one presented by organized Christianity.
This book is 100% worth a look by anyone interested in the history of divinity.
16 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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Putting aside the process whereby the Jesus Seminar determined which sayings were likely to come from Jesus, the new translation that has been produced to accompany the group's deliberations is itself bracing in its freshness. The gospel stories have been worn smooth through countless retellings, and most recent translations do little to bring us face to face with the themes that lie at the heart of the Jesus stories. This one is different.
Known as The Scholars Version, the text is excellent for reading aloud, and captures something of the individuality of each writer. This is one volume I am delighted to own, and will refer to again and again.
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