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Adams, Doug
- Wine and Humor at Cana 5-6
Adkinson, Austin
- Lacunae 31-4
- Bear the Cross 31-6
Alter, Michael
- Historical Problems in the Resurrection Narratives 31-6
Arav, Rami and John J. Rousseau
- Elusive Bethsaida Recovered 4-1
Arnal, William E.
- Just how radical were the first followers of Jesus? Q and the Use of Jesus’ Sayings 23-3
- Review of Paula Fredriksen, Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews 14-2
Aufdencamp, Fred
- The Doping of Jesus 30-3
Bangert, Byron
- A Case for Theological Realism 31-1
- No Need to Abandon a Realist, Theistic Conception of God 29-2
Barr, David L.
- Tales of the End 11-1
Bater, Robert B.
- Odyssey: Being There 9-3–4
Batson, David
- Communal Care and the Growth of Early Christianity 18-4
BeDuhn, Jason David
- Marcion, Forgotten Church Father and Inventor of the New Testament 27-5
Bessler, Joseph A.
- Reading Lloyd Geering: Fifty Years after the Heresy Trial 28-5
- Religion: Mend It, Don't End It — A Review of Sam Harris, The End of Faith 18-6
- Reflection on Borg's The God We Never Knew 29-1
- The Seminar on God and the Human Future: A Report on the 2016 Spring Meeting 29-3
- Why the First Quest for the Historical Jesus? 26-3
- Why I Wrote A Scandalous Jesus 26-5
Beutner, Edward F.
- The Art of Translation: Traduttore Traditore, Translators and Traitors 3-1
- The Burglar Who Makes Appointments 17-6
- Comedy with a Tragic Turn: The Dishonest Manager 16-2
- How Jesus Took the gist from Liturgist 12-3
- Jesus after Hamlet 16-1
- JFK: A Moving Picture 5-1
- The 'Lust' Temptation of Christ 2-2
Borg, Marcus J.
- Christ the Man Update: The Toronto Report 3-1
- Jesus and the Buddha 10-6
- Jesus Seminar at Work: Making the Bible an Open Book 7-6
- Jesus Seminar at Work: The Making of The Five Gospels 7-5
- Jesus: A Sketch 7-3
- Odyssey: Me and Jesus—The Journey Home 6-4
- Portraits of Jesus: Albert Schweitzer's View on Jesus and the End of the World 3-3
- Portraits of Jesus: David Friedrich Strauss: Miracle and Myth 4-3
- Portraits of Jesus: Reimarus and the Beginning of the Quest 4-6
- The Treasure in Earthen Vessels 3-4
- What Defiles Us? 29-1
Braxton, Don
- Evolution, Monotheism, and Violence 17-6
- Review of John J. Collins, Does the Bible Justify Violence? 18-2
Brown, Scott
- The Mystical Gospel of Mark: Part One 25-6
- The Mystical Gospel of Mark: Part Two 26-1
Butcher, John Beverly
- Letter to the Editor: The Church of the Open Canon Exists 5-6
- Seeking the Wisdom of Jesus 16-4
Butts, James R.
- Scholars Version: A New Translation 2-2
Cadwallader, Alan H.
- When “Word” is not enough: The Syrophoenician encounter with Jesus (Mark 7:24–30) 25-5
Caputo, John D.
- Does the Kingdom of God Need God? 30-5
- Mustard Seeds, Not Metaphysics: A Response to David Galston 28-6
- The Seminar on God and the Human Future: A Report on the 2018 Spring Meeting 31-4
Carter, David F.
- The Passing Scene: National Bible Week 2-6
- Three Seminars with a Common Goal 3-4
Carter, Richard J.
- Marcus Borg: A Layperson's View of His Life & Work 29-1
Cassuto, Leonard
- Arnold Schwarzenegger Meets John Calvin 5-2
Chancey, Mark A.
- Bible Courses, Public Education, and the Law 23-4
Chilton, Bruce
- Odyssey: Finding a Way 7-5
- Response to Verhoeven: Escaping the Sterile 4-1
Codsi, Joseph
- The Two Burial Stories in the Gospel of John 31-6
Cook, Harry T.
- Heresy—Or Not 29-3
- The Humanist’s Goal Is Becoming Human 27-6
Cook, Michael J.
- Jews and “Gospel Dynamics”: Why advice by ancient sages is no longer sage advice 22-2
Corley, Kathleen E.
- Jesus, Mary Magdalene and Salome 7-5
- Bad History and Bad Theology — A Review of Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ 17-1
Cotes, Alison
- The Not-So-Great Debate 12-1
Craffert, Pieter
- Jesus' Resurrection as a Cultural Reality 26-2
- An Appreciative, though Critical, Response 26-2
Crockett, Clayton
- Why the Jesus Seminar Needs the God Seminar 31-2
Crosby, Donald A.
Crossan, John Dominic
- Early Christian Feminism: The Untold Story 3-3
- From Abba-Cry to Father-Prayer 28-2
- It's the Theology: In Memory of Marcus J. Borg (1942–2015) 29-1
- Odyssey: Almost the Whole Truth 6-5
- The Passion Narrative 9-5–6
- Portraits of Jesus: Jesus as a Mediterranean Jewish Peasant 4-2
Cupitt, Don
- Christianity after the Church 13-6
- Eschatology, Globalized and Personalized 29-5
- Statement in anticipation of Spring 2004 meeting 16-1
- The Wandering Philosopher 14-1
Daniel-Hughes, Carly
- Christianity Seminar: A Report on the 2016 Spring Meeting 29-3
Daniels, Jon B.
- The Egerton Gospel 4-5
Dart, John
- Why the Secret Gospel of Mark is Not a Fraud 21-6
Davies, Stevan L.
- Whom Jesus Healed and How 6-2
Dewey, Arthur J.
- All That Jazz 31-4
- The Art of Resistance 30-6
- How Could I Fall for This? 29-6
- Jesus Seminar Black Lists 3-3
- Korai 4 31-5
- Kristallnacht 2016 30-1
- The Land of Magical Thinking 29-4
- Listening for Paul 24-5
- Out of the corner of my eye 30-3
- Remember, remember... 29-5
- Reminting Paul 18-2
- Response to Verhoeven: Facts and Fancies 4-1
- Time to Take His Measure 31-3
- The Truth That Is in Jesus 16-4
- What Do You Make of This? Jesus as a Peasant Artisan 11-6
Dewey, Arthur J. and Robert W. Funk
- Mark and Street Lingo 3-5
Dewey, Joanna
- Marcus J. Borg: Jesus 29-1
Duling, Dennis C.
- Mark Who? 3-5
Dunderberg, Ismo
- Valentinus and His School: What Might Have Been 22-6
Dupertuis, Rubén
- Review of Adele Reinhartz, Jesus of Hollywood 21-6
- Review of Jonathan L. Reed, The HarperCollins Visual Guide to the New Testament 21-4
- Socratizing Paul: The Portrait of Paul in Acts 22-6
Eddy, Dick
- The Jesus Seminar: Work in Progress 5-6
Elliott, John H.
- The Social Facets Toronto Agenda 2-4
Elliott, Susan (Elli)
- Born How? A Sermon on John 3:1–21 23-6
- Gladiators and Martyrs 29-5
- Pseudo-Scholarship Illustrated: Was the “Original Jesus” a Pagan God? 24-3
- Which Came First, the Rhetoric or the Message?: A Response to Nina E. Livesey 31-2
- Wrestling with the Cross: A Sermon 17-4
Endres, John C., S. J., et al.
- Duplicate Histories: A New Study Instrument for the Hebrew Bible 3-3
Farrin, Cassandra
- Review of Dennis R. MacDonald, Mythologizing Jesus: From Jewish Teacher to Epic Hero 29-2
Feist, James
- Is God Real?: A Linguistic View 30-3
Ford, Richard Q.
- Economic Warfare and Ethnic Intolerance: Two Parables of Jesus 30-5
- Jesus’ Parable of the Dishonest Steward and America’s War in Afghanistan 25-3
- Jesus’ Parable of the Unforgiving Slave and the Wall Street Crisis of 2008 24-3
- Jesus’ Parable of the Vineyard Workers and U.S. Policy on Iraqi Oil 22-4
- A Response to Robert Miller’s Analysis of the Parable "The Pharisee and the Toll Collector" 30-1
Fortna, Robert T.
- The Gospel of John and the Historical Jesus 8:5-6
Frayer-Griggs, Daniel
Frey, Janice
- The Codex of the Gospel of Jesus 14-2
Funk, Robert W.
- Obituary 18-5
- Testimonials 18-6
- Life & Legacy 19-2
- A Few Good People 15-3
- An Advocate for Religious Literacy 2-5
- Bookshelf: The Resurrection of Jesus 8-1
- Call for a Canon Council 6-3
- The Coming Radical Reformation 11-4
- Criteria for Determining the Authentic Sayings of Jesus 3-6
- Demons: Identity and Worldview 5-3
- Don't Look for Jesus on Clouds of Glory 2-3
- Do the Gospels Contain Eyewitness Reports? 17-2
- The Emerging Jesus 2-6
- The Four-Year Political Circus: Can You Fool All the People All the Time? 5-4
- From the Publisher: Tongues of the Wise 6-6
- God and the Emperor in Waco 6-3
- The Gospel of Jesus and the Jesus of the Gospels 6-6
- Hansel and Gretel, The Lone Ranger, and The Lord of the Rings 5-5
- How Jesus Became God 4-6
- The Jesus Seminar on the Road in New Zealand 11-5
- In the Heart of America: Redeemer Figures and Mythic Spaces 3-4
- The Incredible Creed 10-3–4
- Jesus and the Apocalypse 5-2
- Jesus as Itinerant Sage: True or False 14-2
- The Jesus That Was 5-6
- The Lord's Prayer: Does It Go Back to Jesus? 2-1
- Milestones in the Quest for the Historical Jesus 14-4 (reprinted in part in 26-6)
- A New Blass-Debrunner-Funk 2-5
- Profiles of Jesus: A Protocol 8-5–6
- Profiles of Jesus: Jesus of Nazareth—A Glimpse 9-1–2
- Report: Jesus Seminar—Healings Spring 1993 voting results 6-2
- Review of Richard Holloway, Godless Morality 15-4
- The Resurrection of Jesus: Reports and Stories 7-4
- Rewards are Intrinsic 15-2
- Rules of Oral Evidence: Determining the Authentic Sayings of Jesus 4-2
- Scholars Version: Calling a Spade a Spade 3-5
- Scholars Version: Translator's Guidelines 2-5
- The Sunday Morning Experience: A Codicil to Robert Price 16-6
- Time Marches On, Part 1 2-2
- Time Marches On, Part 2 2-3
- Translation Notes 4-3
- Twenty-one Theses and Notes 11-4
- A War of Worlds 14-5
- What Books Belong to the Bible? 2-5
- What Jesus Is Emerging? 2-4
- Where Have All the Students Gone? 3-2
Funk, Robert W. and Dewey, Arthur J.
- Mark and Street Lingo 3-5
Funk, Robert W. and the Jesus Seminar
- The First Storytellers 11-2
Galston, David
- Demoting Jesus: On Returning his Humanity 25-5
- Historical Jesus and the New Nicaea 15-3
- An Interview with Raheel Raza 27-5
- Postmodernism, the Historical Jesus, and the Church 18-5
- A Reply to Robert M. Price, "Lamps unto Yourselves" 27-2
- The Seminar on God and the Human Future: A Report on the Fall 2014 Meeting 28-3
- Tillich and God in Atlanta: A Report on the 2015 Fall Meeting 29-2
- Troubling Times for God: Nominalist Challenges for a Seminar and a Culture 28-6
- Westar in New Zealand and Australia 28-6
- Where is Fundamentalism Leading Us? 16-3
- Who Cares Who Said?: The Question of Myth and Religion 27-2
- Why I Wrote Embracing the Human Jesus 25-6
Geering, Lloyd
- Christianity Faces the New Millennium 12-1
- Christianity Minus Theism 14-2
- Don Cupitt's Creative Faith 28-4
- Heresy? Exhibit One: Is a New Reformation possible? 28-5
- Heresy? Exhibit Two: What does the Resurrection mean? 28-5
- Heresy? Exhibit Three: The Eternity in the Human Mind 28-5
- Heresy? Exhibit Four: Humankind's Ultimate Destiny 28-5
- Holy Communion 16-4
- How Did Jesus Become God and Why 11-5
- How Humans Made God 30-6
- How my thinking has changed 31-6
- Is Christianity Going Anywhere? Part 1. Christianity at the Crossroads 17-2
- Is Christianity Going Anywhere? Part 2. Excavating Jesus 17-3
- Is Christianity Going Anywhere? Part 3. The Recovery of Jesus' Teaching 17-4
- Is Christianity Going Anywhere? Part 4. The Diverse Futures of Christianity 17-5
- Who Owns the Holy Land: The Jewish Perspective 15-1
- Who Owns the Holy Land: The Palestinian Perspective 15-2
- Who Owns the Holy Land: The British Responsibility 15-3
- Who Owns the Holy Land: Who Resolves the Conflict 15-4
- Theology before and after Bishop Robinson's Honest to God 28-1
- A Venerable New Church 30-3
Glancy, Jennifer
- Jesus and Slavery 22-1
Gray, Charles
- The Twin Engines of Social Change: New Knowledge and Technology 25-4
Griffin, Douglas L.
- The Discipline of Doubt as Gateway to Faith 31-3
Gunney, Lynn Tuttle
Hagenston, Richard
- Justice versus Mercy in the Hebrew Bible 31-2
Hakkinen, Sakari
- The Ebionites 18-5
Hall, Tom
- “He Made It Up” 24-2
- Reply to Sea Raven 24-6
- Review of Lloyd Geering, Reimagining God: The Faith Journey of a Modern Heretic 28-5
- Yes We Can 25-1
Harris, Stephen
- Jesus and Family Values 6-1
Hearon, Holly E.
- Searching for Mary Magdalene 22-2
Hedrick, Charles W.
- The Basic Problem of Historical Jesus Studies: Criticism is to make judgments in light of evidence 28-1
- Bird Droppings and Religious Faith 22-4
- Blind Alleys and Turning Corners: A Response to Robert Miller’s“The Pharisee and the Toll Collector” 30-1
- The Church’s Gospel and the Idiom of Jesus 30-4
- The Decline of Public Miracles 23-5
- Does Prayer Work—Like Magic? 23-6
- Four Shibboleths of Southern Baptist Orthodoxy 4-3
- Gnosticism: The Religion of the Alien God 3-6
- Halloween: Do the Dead Walk? 25-1
- How relevant is the Christian worldview today? 28-3
- Is belief in the divinity of Jesus essential to being Christian? 24-5
- Is the Bible the Word of God? 29-3 29-4 29-5
- Making Oxen Out of Unicorns 18-4
- (Mis)Using the Bible in Arguments against Abortion 22-3
- The Problem with Symbols is . . . 21-6
- Putting Paul in His Place 31-1
- Reading Scripture out of Context and God's "Plan of Salvation" 26-2
- The Recovery of a New Ancient Gospel 12-2
- Satyrs or Wild Goats? The Politics of Translating the Bible 25-6
- Secret Mark: New Photographs, New Witnesses 13-5
- Visions, Apparitions, and Other Divine Visitations 22-6
- Where Does Evil Come From? 26-4
- Yahweh—the God who changed his ways 27-3
Hill, Jack
- Fear, Civic Life, and the Divine Domain: Addressing the Shadow Sides of Contemporary Culture 23-3
- Was Jesus Green 15-5
Hills, Julian V.
- The Creed: A Pledge of Allegiance 4-2
Hogue, Michael
- Religion without God: The Way of Religious Naturalism 27-3
Holloway, Richard
- Charge to the Edinburgh Synod 13-6
Hoover, Roy W.
- Answering the Critics 8-5–6
- The Clash of Civilizations 14-5
- Folio Bible: Centurions in the Lukan Writings 3-1
- Folio Bible: Introduction to Sample Pages 3-1
- A Gift of Christmas Clarity 10-6
- How the Canon Was Formed 5-1
- Identifying Interpolations in Paul’s Letters 24-5
- Profiles of Jesus: The Jesus of History—A Profile in Courage 9-3–4
- Review of John Shelby Spong, Jesus for the Non-Religious: Recovering the Divine at the Heart of the Human 23-3
- Response to Verhoeven: Jesus, A Wily Political Operative? 4-1
- The Search for the Authentic Words of Jesus 7-1
- Tradition and Faith in a New Era 17-1
- Translating Paul's Jargon 18-1
- The Work of the Jesus Seminar 9-5–6
- Was Jesus’ Resurrection an Historical Event? A Debate Statement with Commentary 23-5
Hoover, Roy W. et al.
- Folio Bible: The Centurion at Capernaum- Luke 7-1
Jackson, Glenna
- Another Look at the Canaanite Woman 25-5
- Choosing Hymns 17-1
- Review of Thomas E. Boomershine, The Messiah of Peace: A Performance-Criticism Commentary on Mark’s Passion-Resurrection Narrative 29-3
- Review of April D. DeConick, Holy Misogyny: Why the Sex and Gender Conflicts in the Early Church Still Matter 27-6
- Review of Bart Ehrman, Misquoting Jesus 19-5
- Review of Brian Griffith, Correcting Jesus: 2000 Years of Changing the Story 27-1
- Review of Sakari Häkkinen, The Gospel of the Poor 21-6
- Review of Sheila E. McGinn, The Jesus Movement and the World of the Early Church 30-2
- Review of Elaine Pagels, Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, & Politics in the Book of Revelation 26-1
- Review of Jane S. Webster and Glenn S. Holland, editors, Teaching the Bible in the Liberal Arts Classroom 31-2
Jacobson, Arland
- Which Was the First Gospel? 6-1
- Why I Belong to the Jesus Seminar 2-4
Jech, Carl L.
- Evidence and Life after Death 29-2
- Jesus Christ: Person and Symbol: Faith of or in Christ? 30-5
Jefford, Clayton N.
- Second-Century Theologians: Ignatius of Antioch 23-1
Jenks, Gregory
- What Did Paul Know About Jesus 12-1
Jesus Seminar
- Report from the Jesus Seminar—Synoptics, Thomas, Southern Baptists 3-6
- Fall 1990: Synoptics, Thomas, Southern Baptists 3-6
- Fall 1991: Jesus and John the Baptist 4-6
- Fall 1993: Boundaries of the Bible, Jesus' Healings & Exorcisms 7-1
- Fall 1994: Birth and Family of Jesus 7-6
- Fall 1995: The Death of Jesus 8-3–4
- Once & Future Faith Voting Results 14-3
- Spring 1991: John 3-16–21, Lord's Prayer, Parables 4-2
- Spring 1992: John the Baptist, the Apocalypse 5-2
- Spring 1993: Healings 6-2
- Spring 1994: Jesus at Table 7-2
- Spring 1995: The Resurrection 8-2
Johnson, Jeanette
- Biblical Illiteracy and Faith 4-6
Johnson-DeBaufre, Melanie
- Did Jesus Act Alone? A Response to Paul Verhoeven 25-4
- “That One” Takes a Village: The Uniqueness of Jesus and the Beelzebul Controversy (Q 11:14–26) 22-5
Jones, Paul H.
- Fact-Checking Faith: From Category Confusion to "Higher" Truth 27-3
- A Progressive’s Prologue to Peace: The Theological Tenets of Tolerance 29-4
- Reading the Bible Critically, Not Literally: A Primer 25-6
- Silencing Jesus with Politics: From a Subversive to a Submissive Jesus 31-1
- Why I Wrote The Church’s Seven Deadly Secrets: An Interview with Paul Jones 26-1
Jones, Robert
- Let’s Interpret It All: Reflections on Gerd Lüdemann’s What Jesus Didn’t Say 24-6
- Review of Mark Adamo, The Gospel of Mary Magdalene 26-6
- A Philosopher for Pulpiteers: Paul Ricoeur and the Language of Faith Proclamation 24-2
Josephus, Flavius
- Eleazar the Exorcist 5-2
Kasper, James
- The Stole of the Jesus Seminar Order of Merit 16-5
Kea, Perry V.
- Bookshelf: The Unknown Gospels 3-6
- Finding a Voice for the Black Sayings 8-5–6
- Saving Jesus from the Church: An Interview with Robin Meyers 27-3
- Listening for Luke's Voice 10-5
- New Testament Literary Genres 6-4
- Review of Jeffrey C. Pugh, The Homebrewed Christianity Guide to the End Times 29-6
- Review of Jennifer Wright Knust, Unprotected Texts: The Bible’s Surprising Contradictions about Sex and Desire 27-5
- Review of John Kaltner, Islam: What Non-Muslims Should Know 30-4
- Review of Mark Achtemeier, The Bible's Yes to Same-Sex Marriage: An Evangelical's Change of Heart 28-2
- Review of Michael Coogan, The Ten Commandments: A Short History of an Ancient Text 31-3
- Review of Nicola Denzey Lewis, Introduction to “Gnosticism”: Ancient Voices, Christian Worlds 30-5
- Review of Reza Aslan, Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth 26-6
- Review of Richard A. Horsley and Neil Asher Silberman, The Message and the Kingdom 18-3
- Review of Steven Waldman, Founding Faith: How Our Founding Fathers Forged a Radical New Approach to Religious Liberty 25-5
- The Road to the Jesus Seminar 18-1
- Silencing Jesus with Theology: From Parable to Allegory 31-1
- The Story of Thecla: An Early Christian Heroine 26-4
Kelly, John C.
- Don Cupitt’s Above Us Only Sky 23-4
- A Fine Mess: The Realist/Anti-Realist Dispute 22-1
- The New Atheism and the Enlightenment: Part One 26-3
- The New Atheism and the Enlightenment: Part Two 26-4
Kenney, Garrett
- What’s Going on Here? Spirit or spirit? 24-4
King, Karen L.
- A Gnostic Story: The Triple Descent of the Savior 3-6
- Mary Magdala 16-5
- Mary of Magdala 10-3–4
- What Is Gnosticism? 4-3
- Who Are the Gnostics? 4-4
Kirkham, Dominic.
- Bamboozled by the Bible: The world’s greatest literary fraud and why it matters 31-5
- The Phoenix of Passchendaele 30-6
Kloppenborg, John S.
- Beyond Story in Search of History 14-1
- Mark and the Synoptic Sayings Gospel 3-5
- Koester, Helmut and Stephen J. Patterson
- Secret Mark 4-3
Komarnitsky, Kris
- Cognitive Dissonance and the Resurrection of Jesus 27-5
Kotrosits, Maia
- Christianity Seminar: A Report on the 2015 Fall Meeting 29-2
- Rethinking the Beginnings of Christianity: New History, New Meanings 28-4
- The Thunder: Perfect Mind and Early Christian Conflicts about Gender 24-1
Large, Ron
- American Apocalyptic 4-5
- Making Enemies 3-2
Laughlin, Paul Alan
- An Aunt Jemima father, a handyman son, and a tinkerbell holy spirit — A theological Review of William Paul Young’s semi-radical yet best-selling Christian novel, The Shack 22-2
- Buddhism for Kids: An Experiment in Comparative Religious Literacy 24-2
- The Once and Future Christ of Faith 18-2
- Pray Without Seeking: Part One: Toward a Truly Mystical Lord’s Prayer 22-5
- Pray Without Seeking: Part Two: Toward a Truly Mystical Lord’s Prayer 22-6
- Putting the Historical Jesus in His Place, Part 1 19-1
- Putting the Historical Jesus in His Place, Part 2 19-3
Leaves, Nigel
- The God Problem 18-3
- Why I Wrote Religion Under Attack 25-1
Lehto, Bill
- Don Cupitt: An Appreciation 23-2
- Review of Sam Harris, The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values 24-2
Linden, William M.
- The Pearl, the Treasure the Fool, and the Cross: A Response 19-3
Livesey, Nina E.
- Christianity Seminar: A Report on the 2017 Spring Meeting 30-4
- Review of Brigitte Kahl, Galatians Re-Imagined: Reading with the Eyes of the Vanquished 23-4
- Second-Century Theologians: Justin: Refining the Meaning of Christ and Christian 23-2
- Which Came First, the Rhetoric or the Message?: A Response to Nina E. Livesey 31-2
- The Whys and Wherefores of the New Christianity Seminar 26-1
Loehr, Davidson
- Straight Talk about God-Talk 23-2
Lowe, Sanford
Lüdemann, Gerd
- The Answer Is “Truth” 25-1
- A Letter to Jesus: A Confession 28-1
- The Life of Jesus: A Brief Assessment 16-5
- Paul - An Obituary
- Peter's Mourning and His Easter Vision 27-1
- A Tale with a Spin: A Tailspin for Truth 22-2
- What Jesus Didn’t Say: An interview with author Gerd Lüdemann 25-2
Mack-Fisher, Loren R.
- The Art of Translation: Dust or Mud? 3-1
- The Art of Translation: The Man with No Name 3-2
- Introduction to Genesis Parallels: Sample Pages 2-6
- A Response to Time 2-1
McClure, Walter
- The New Physics 15-3
McDonald, Lee
- Is the Bible the Word of God? 29-3 29-4 29-5
McCreery, David
- The Search for Historical Israel 15-6
McGaughy, Lane C.
- Infancy Narratives in the Ancient World 5-5
- Jesus' Parables and the Fiction of the Kingdom 3-4
- On Translating Paul’s Letters–for the First Time 24-5
- Paul, Luther, and Protestant Doctrine: A Response to William Walker 29-6
- Report from the Spring Meeting 2012: Back to the Future 25-3
- The Search for the Historical Jesus: Why Start with the Sayings? 9-5–6
- Space or Place? Desert or Pasture? 3-5
- YEAR 3 after Bob: A Message to the Members and Friends of Westar Institute 21-6
MacKenzie, Rod
- What Makes a Jesus Seminar Study Group Successful? 25-3
McMillan, James W.
- Medical Illiteracy and Scholarly Integrity 2-2
Meyers, Robin
- Bless You, Marcus Borg 29-1
- Spiritual Defiance: Building a Beloved Community of Resistance 28-6
Milavec, Aaron
- The Didache 18-3
Miller, Robert J.
- Adam and Edom: The Costs and Benefits of Monotheism 20-3
- Back to Basics: A Primer on Historical Method 11-6
- Born Again? Think Again. 28-1
- The Complete Gospels: An Introduction 4-6
- Did Jesus Fulfill Prophecy? Probing Matthew's Gospel 16-2
- Did Matthew Believe in the Virgin Birth? 21-6
- The Dark Side of Religion 14-5
- The Pearl, the Treasure, the Fool and the Cross 18-6
- Literal Incarnation or Universal Love? Virgin Birth, Incarnation and Atonement 17-3
- More on the Canon Question 3-2
- The Pharisee and the Toll Collector 30-1
- Retrofitting Prophecy 31-3
- Review of A. J. M Wedderburn, Beyond Resurrection 13-4
- Review of Thomas Römer, Dark God: Cruelty, Sex, and Violence in the Old Testament 27-4
- Review of E. Fuller Torrey, Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods: Early Humans and the Origins of Religion 31-5
- Review of Ed Husain, The Islamist: Why I Became an Islamic Fundamentalist, What I Saw Inside, and Why I Left 25-2
- Review of Dr. Jay Lombard, The Mind of God: Neuroscience, Faith, and a Search for the Soul 30-6
- Review of Tom Christenson, Questioning Assumptions: Rethinking the Philosophy of Religion 28-1
- Review of Kevin Nelson, M.D., The Spiritual Doorway in the Brain 29-5
- Jesus Seminar Black Lists 3-3
- The Jesus Seminar and Its Critics: What Is Really at Stake? 10-1–2
- Scholarly Presuppositions 14-4
- Thinking Straight about the Virgin Birth 14-6
- The Wonder Baby: The Immanuel Prophecy in Isaiah and Matthew 28-2
Moore, E. Maynard
- The Reformation is Finished: The Protestant Reformation and Its Implications for the Twenty-first-century Church 31-3
- The Seminar on God and the Human Future: A Report on the 2016 Fall Meeting 30-2
Moredock, Will
- Unitarian Universalists and the Jesus Seminar 11-1
Moreland, Milton
- An Interview with Jodi Magness 27-5
- Review of Avraham Faust, Israel’s Ethnogenesis: Settlement, Interaction, Expansion, and Resistance 24-1
- Review of Bart D. Ehrman, Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions
- in the Bible (and Why We Don’t Know About Them) 24-4
- Review of The Bible’s Buried Secrets written, produced, and directed by Gary Glassman 24-1
- Review of Burton L. Mack, Christian Mentality: The Entanglements of Power, Violence, and Fear 25-3
- Review of Heikki Räisänen, The Rise of Christian Beliefs: The Thought World of Early Christians 23-6
- Review of Karen Armstrong, The Bible: A Biography 21-3
- Review of Lori Anne Ferrell, The Bible and the People 22-3
- Review of Melanie Johnson-Debaufre, Jesus Among Her Children 21-2
- Review of Pamela Eisenbaum, Paul Was Not a Christian: The Original Message of a Misunderstood Apostle 23-2
- Review of Timothy Beal, The Rise and Fall of the Bible 25-1
- Review of Megan Bishop Moore and Brad E. Kelle, Biblical History and Israel’s Past: The Changing Study of the Bible and History 24-5
- Review of Seth L. Sanders, The Invention of Hebrew 25-1
Moxnes, Halvor
- Lost in Translation: What Happened to the Eunuchs in Matthew 19:12? 17-6
Nelson, Culver H.
- From the Editor: Ecumenism of Truth 7-1
- From the Editor: The Fine Line between Myth and Reality 7-3
- Jesus' Divinity 4-2
- Westar News: Bridging the Gap Between Town and Gown 5-5
- Westar News: Canon and Controversy 6-3
- Westar News: Jesus' Family and The Fourth R 6-1
Norris, Kathleen
- Fundamentalism Within and Without 3-2
Patterson, Stephen J.
- David Loves Jonathan 26-4
- Eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven 27-2
- Fall Meeting 2008: Report from the Jesus Seminar on Christian Origins 22-1
- Fall Meeting 2009: On the Voting Results for the Jesus Seminar on Christian Origins 22-4
- Fall Meeting 2009: On the Voting Results for the Jesus Seminar on Christian Origins 23-1
- Fall Meeting 2011: Report of the Bible Seminar 25-3
- The Gospel of Thomas and Jesus 6-3
- In the Beginning Was Talk 5-3
- The Menu Has Been Revised 4-4
- Outside the Bible: Can It Be Jesus? 3-3
- Plato's Gospel: Part One 30-1
- Plato's Gospel: Part Two 30-2
- Saint Paul Hated Sex 26-6
- Sodomy 26-2
- Spring Meeting 2010: Report from the Jesus Seminar on Christian Origins 23-5
- Spring Meeting 2011: Report of the Jesus Seminar on Christian Origins 24-4
- Was the Resurrection Christianity’s Big Bang? Part One 24-3
- Was the Resurrection Christianity’s Big Bang? Part Two 24-4
- When a Man Lies with a Man as with a Woman 25-3
Patterson, Stephen J. and Helmut Koester
- Secret Mark 4-3
Paulson, Shirley
Pervo, Richard I.
- Dying and Rising with Paul 23-1
- Flattery in its Sincerest Manifestation 22-5
Phelps, Hollis
- Seminar on God and the Human Future: A Report on the 2017 Spring Meeting 30-4
Polkow, Dennis
- Searching for Jesus in the Holy Land 11-3
Price, Robert M.
- The Da Vinci Fraud 17-1
- The Fall of God: A Sermon 30-1
- The Future of Religion 16-1
- The Holiness of Desolation: A Sermon 28-3
- The Inspiration and Authority of the Bible 16-3
- In the Volume of the Book 17-5
- Iron John the Baptist 17-4
- Jesus in a Bottle: A Sermon 31-5
- Jesus in Tibet: A Modern Myth 14-3
- Kettle Logic: A Deconstructive Sermon 27-6
- Lamps unto Yourselves 27-2
- A Reply to David Galston, "Who Cares Who Said?" 27-2
- Responses to Pieter Craffert 26-2
- Review of Garry Wills, What Jesus Meant 19-4
- Review of Gerd Lüdemann, Paul the Founder of Christianity 16-1
- Review of Gerd Lüdemann, Norman Mailer, The Gospel According to the Son 10-3–4
- Suspension of Disbelief 16-6
- Tabloid Testament 12-3
Prill, Susan
- Review of Stephen Prothero, Religious Literacy 21-1
Primavesi, Anne
- The Christian Gene 14-3
Räisänen, Heikki
- How Christianity and Islam Challenge
- Each Other 23-6
Raven, Sea
- Paul “Made It Up,” but What Happened Is Not His Fault 24-6
Ray, Roger
- Starting a Church That Even I Would Attend 26-2
Raynal, Gordon
- Time to Re-mythologize Jesus?: A Challenge to Re-gather the Jesus Seminar 29-4
- Be Born Again? (aka: “Get a Life!”) …and Jesus said, The hidden will be revealed 28-1
- Credo: Finding a Common Voice 26-1
- Gathering Practices: Distinctive Markers of Identity in Earliest Christianity 27-1
- The Gift of Different Vantage Points: A Response to Robert Miller 28-1
- How Wisdom Works 22-3
- Jesus, a Wisdom Theologian 22-4
- Jesus’ Mission Agenda: A First-Century Home Networking Strategy 24-2
- King Jesus (Part One): An Exploration of the Royal Titling of Jesus 31-5
- King Jesus (Part Two): An Exploration of the Royal Titling of Jesus 31-6
- Review of Alicia J. Batten and John S. Kloppenborgr, eds., James, 1 & 2 Peter, and Early Jesus Traditions 30-1
- Review of Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler, eds., The Jewish Annotated New Testament: New Revised Standard Version 25-6
- Review of Mark D. Nanos and Magnus Zetterholm, eds., Paul within Judaism: Restoring the First-Century 31-1
- Review of Elizabeth Kolbert, The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History 31-4
- Saint Paul the Wise 25-2
Reed, Jonathan L.
- Review of Eric H. Cline, From Eden to Exile 21-2
Richard, Alan Jay
- The Seminar on God and the Human Future: A Report on the 2017 Fall Meeting 21-2
Robinson, James M.
- What Jesus Had to Say 8-5–6
Rock, Robert M.
- Letter from a Former Outsider 5-1
Rohrbaugh, Richard L.
- Church Canon or Scholars' Canon? 2-6
- Folio Bible: The Patronage System in Roman Palestine 3-1
Ross, Fred
- Reading the Gospel of Mark as Secular Literature
Rousseau, John J. and Rami Arav
- Elusive Bethsaida Recovered 4-1
Rue, Loyal D.
- Death and Salvation 29-4
- Taking Nature to Heart 28-2
Sawicki, Marianne
- Review of Joseph Ratzinger, Jesus of Nazareth
Schellenberg, J.L.
- The Hiddenness Argument 30-2
Schimmel, Solomon
- The Tenacity of Unreasonable Beliefs 23-2
Schmidt, Daryl D.
- The Art of Translation: Congratulations, You Poor! 3-2
- Bookmaking in the Ancient World 9-1–2
- Braveheart Does the Stations of the Cross: Mel Gibson's 12-Step Program 17-2
- Classical Literacy and the Decay of English Grammar 3-4
- Irony in Mark's Gospel 3-5
- Making Sense of Paul 15-2
- Mark: A Synoptic and Wartime Gospel 3-5
- Odyssey: Fundamentally Pluralistic 8-3–4
- Translating Paul 18-3
- The Witness of Gospel Fragments 9-1–2
- The Year of Mark 3-5
Schwartz, Bob
- Fiction or Nonfiction? 10-5
Schweitzer-Mordecai, Ruth
- The Jesus Intervention 8-3–4
Scott, Bernard Brandon
- Did Jesus Speak Greek? 15-6
- Father Knows Best: Fundamentalism and our Apocalyptic Future 16-6
- God of the Crucified Messiah 30-6
- Living in a Re-Imagined World 14-5
- On the Road Again 16-2
- Profiles of Jesus: The Reappearance of Parables 10-1–2
- Responses to Pieter Craffert 26-2
- Romans 13 in Our Time 31-5
Sellew, Philip
- Teaching Scenes in Mark: Jesus Explains the Mysteries of His Teaching 3-5
Shea, Chris
- Christianity Seminar: Report on the 2015 Spring Meeting 28-4
- What Isn’t in a Name? Naming and the Mission of Acts 23-5
- Report from the 2013 Spring Meeting (collated) 26-3
Sheehan, Thomas
- Easter, Apocalypse, and the Fundamentalists: Part One 28-3
- Easter, Apocalypse, and the Fundamentalists: Part Two 28-4
- How Did Easter Originally Happen 14-4
- The Resurrection 8-2
- What Comes after Christianity? 26-5
Short, Mike
- Advent Meditations 17-5
- E=MC2 17-3
- Review of Henry A. Garon, The Cosmic Mystique 21-5
- Review of Jim Holt, Why Does the World Exist? 27-2
- Review of Kris Komarnitsky, Doubting Jesus Resurrection: What Happened in the Black Box? 22-6
- Review of Stephen W. Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow, The Grand Design 24-3
Shorto, Russell
- Who Put the Hell in Hellenism? A Non-Scholar Takes the Historical Jesus on the Road 10-5
Shurden, Walter B.
- The Southern Baptist Controversy 4-4
Smith, Dennis E.
- Fall Meeting 2008: On the Voting Results for the Acts Seminar 22-2
- Fall Meeting 2009: On the Voting Results for the Acts Seminar 22-4
- Fall Meeting 2009: On the Voting Results for the Acts Seminar 23-2
- Review of Karen Armstrong, Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence 30-3
- Review of Robert Knapp, Invisible Romans 29-4
- Review of Maia Kotrosits and Hal Taussig, Re-reading the Gospel of Mark amidst Loss and Trauma 28-3
- Review of Jodi Magness, Stone and Dung, Oil and Spit: Jewish Daily Life in the Time of Jesus 25-4
- Review of Howard Schwartz, Tree of Souls 18-3
Smith, Mahlon H.
- By Whose Authority? 5-3
- Did That Really Happen? 4-4
- For Those Who Cast Stones: A Reply to Critics of the Jesus Seminar 2-3
- Healers Contemporary with Jesus 6-1
- Impose your imperial rule 14-1
- In Quest of Insight 15-4
- Jesus and Demons: Comparative Texts 5-3
- Jesus and Demons: Gospel Stories 5-3
- Jesus, M.D.? 6-1
- Portraits of Jesus: Rudolf Bultmann and Jesus as the Word 3-6
- Q: Black by Consensus 2-5
- Westar News: On the Agenda, Spring 1992 meeting 4-6
Spencer, Jamie
- Fictional Religion: Great Books that Carry On the Good Book’s Work: Part One 24-4
- Fictional Religion: Great Books that Carry On the Good Book’s Work: Part Two 25-1
Spong, John Shelby
- Did Christians Invent Judas? 7-2
- J.A.T. Robinson, The Mentor Who Shaped My Ministry 15-5
- Twelve Theses & a Call for a New Reformation 11-4
Stoneman, Donnell
- Paul Verhoeven: Film Maker 3-1
Streete, Gail
- Review of Amy-Jill Levine, The Misunderstood Jew 21-5
Switzer, Les
- A Manifesto for Progressive Christians 30-5
Tarkki, Jarmo
- Lloyd Geering: Still Not Guilty 26-3
- Marcus Borg's Convictions 29-1
- The Paradox of Liberal Religion 18-4
- The Seminar on God and the Human Future: Report on the 2015 Spring Meeting 28-4
Tatum, W. Barnes
- Review of Dale Allison, The Jewish Jesus 14-1
- Jesus - The Mini-Series 13-4
- Bookshelf: Religious Literacy, Basic Books 5-4
- Bookshelf: Religious Literacy, Basic Books Part II 5-5
- Bookshelf: Religious Literacy, Basic Books Part III 5-6
- Bookshelf: Reynolds Price, Raymond Brown, Richard Horsley 4-5
- Bookshelf: The Christian Origins of Anti-Semitism 8-3–4
- Jesus at the Movies 11-1
- A Review of Scorsese's Last Temptation 2-3
- The Second Coming of the Dead Sea Scrolls 6-5
- Understanding the Diverse Dimension of Life and Culture Called Religion 3-3
- Who Was John the Baptizer? 7-1
Taussig, Hal
- Behind and Before the Lord's Prayer 11-3
- Christianity Seminar: A Report on the Fall 2014 Meeting 28-2
- Christianity Seminar: A Report on the Fall 2016 Meeting 30-2
- Christianity Seminar: A Report on the Fall 2017 Meeting 31-2
- Grassroots Progressive Christianity 19-3
Templeton, David
- Guilt Trip: Robert Funk weighs in on ugly "Passion 17-1
Trudeau, Richard
- How I Stopped Cringing at Jesus’ Name: The Lost Gospels Q and Q1 29-6
- Mother of Us All: Promethean Eve 28-1
- The Ten Commandments and an Atheist’s Ten Suggestions 30-4
- The Torah Is a Braid: Different Concepts of God 27-6
Tuten, Belle
- Jihad and Hijab: What I wish American Christians knew about Islam 30-3
Tyson, Joseph B.
- Review of Robert M. Price, The Pre-Nicene New Testament 20-5
- Second-Century Theologians: Marcion 22-3
- Why Dates Matter 18-2
Van Hagen, John
- Ezekiel, a Prophet for Our Times? 30-4
- From Paralyzing Trauma to New Identity: The Development of Second-Century Christianity 19-1
- From Canaanite Ritual to Jewish Passover and Christian Eucharist: Profiles in Courage 22-1
- Jewish Myth and Priestly Politics 25-2
- Promises, Promises: The Myth of Salvation History 26-5
- Rescuing God 24-6
- Rerouting Jesus: Why Luke Changed Jesus’ Itinerary 31-4
- Rethinking Second Isaiah's Radical Theology: Do we still need a God of history? 28-6
- Review of Donald Capps, Jesus the Village Psychiatrist 22-1
- Review of Stewart A. Kauffman, Reinventing the Sacred 22-4
Veitch, James
- Dionysius Exiguus 12-6
- Defending Nicea: The Historical Jesus of N.T. Wright 11-2
- The Faith Journey of a One-time Heretic 28-5
- The Geering Story 11-5
- How Christianity Became the Religion of the Roman Empire 29-4
- Lloyd Geering: A Tribute 26-3
- On the New Reformation 11-4
- Spotlight on St. Paul 12-2
- Terrorism in Perspective 14-6
Verhoeven, Paul
- The First Will Be First 16-3
- The Meaning of Exorcisms: The Q Jesus and the Historical Jesus 25-4
- My Search for the Historical Jesus: An Interview with author Paul Verhoeven 24-6
- Update: Christ the Man 4-1
Walker, William O., Jr.
- Authentic Existence: The Debate over Demythologizing 27-2
- Did Martin Luther Get It All Wrong about Faith in Christ? 29-6
- “Faith in Christ” or “Christ’s Faith/Faithfulness”?: A Response to Lane C. McGaughy 29-6
- Interpolations in the Letters of Paul 23-4
- Maybe Paul Didn’t Hate Sex: A Response to Stephen Patterson 27-5
- The “Paulinization” of Peter in the Book of Acts 22-3
- Paul on the Status and Role of Women: The Apostle as Radical Egalitarian 25-2
- What the New Testament Says about Homosexuality 21-3
Watkins, Steve
- Dragon Snakes and Fictitious Grapes: What Happens When Myths Are Literalized 26-2
- Faitheism: Religion for Atheists and Science for Creationists 28-3
- Review of Faith No More: Why People Reject Religion by Phil Zuckerman 28-4
- Review of Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright 27-3
White, John L.
- Review of Maximilian Russer, Authority in the Roman Catholic Church 5-2
- Paul: A New Perspective 6-6
Whitney-Smith, Elin
- Review of Karen Armstrong, A Short History of Myth 21-4
Wilson, J. Christian
- Bookshelf: The Dead Sea Scrolls 4-1
Williams, Patricia
- The Evolution of Good and Evil 18-1
- Illuminating Black Boxes 19-1
- The Jesus Agenda: Christianity for a New Century 23-1
- Review of Richard G. Olson, Science and Religion 20-6
- Science and the Bible in Dialogue: III: In the End 21-6
Wink, Walter
- The Bombing of America 14-5
- Nonviolence for the Violent 14-5
- Odyssey: Write What You See 7-3
Winters, Larry
- Hidden Treasure: What Einstein and Genesis Have in Common 24-1
Wyrick, Jim
- An Associate's Reaction to the Scholars Version of Mark 3-5
- Why Am I Here? 4-2
Zimmerman, Charles
- The Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas 24-6
- Montanus: Heretic or Spirit-Filled Prophet? 26-6
- Second-Century Theologians: Irenaeus of Lyons 22-4
Zimmerman, Michael
- The Clergy Letter Project 22-5
- The Evolution-Creation Controversy: Why it Matters, Part One 23-6
- The Evolution-Creation Controversy: Why it Matters, Part Two 24-1
Uncredited
- Creeds Questions and Votes 4-2
- Genesis Parallels: Sample Pages 2-6
- Gospel of John: Black List 3-6
- Gospel of Thomas Black List 2-6
- Gospel of Thomas: Prior Votes Ready to Print 2-6
- Jesus and Demons: Biblical and Other Lore 5-3
- Jesus the Social Gadfly 2-5
- Letter from Kentucky 11-2
- Scholars Version: Mark 1:40–2:283:5
- Survey: What Gospels to Include in Scholars Version? 2-5