The Five Gospels: What Did Jesus Really Say, Robert Funk, Roy Hoover and the Jesus Seminar

The Five Gospels

The Search for the Authentic Words of Jesus

Robert W. Funk, Roy W. Hoover,
and the Jesus Seminar

Five Gospels cover The Five Gospels is the extraordinary report of the Jesus Seminar on the sayings attributed to Jesus. The scholars of the Seminar analyzed the likely authenticity of the more than 1,500 sayings attributed to Jesus in the gospels. The text of the sayings is color-coded red, pink, gray or black, according to the consensus of the scholars: red (Jesus undoubtedly said this or something like it), pink (Jesus probably said something like this), gray (Jesus did not say this, but the ideas are close to his own), black (Jesus did not say this; it represents the content of a later or different tradition).

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"One of the most significant religious books ever published is The Five Gospels." —Christian Social Action

"Readers of this book will have received a magnificent education in the methods and conclusions of serious biblical scholarship." —Free Inquiry

"This volume is filled with discoveries, surprises, and rich treasures." —Ecumenical Trends

"A landmark work of exceptional quality." —Encounter

Robert W. Funk is Director of the Westar Institute and founder of the Jesus Seminar.

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A Polebridge Press Book from Scribner
Harcover, 578 pages, illustrated
1993 ISBN 0-02-541949-8