Bible Interpretation and The Jesus Seminar:
Index:
I. Articles on The Jesus Seminar:
A. Crisis magazine articles
B. First Things magazine articles
C. Miscellaneous articlesII. General critiques of liberal historical-critical biblical scholarship
D. Miscellaneous sources
E. Miscellaneous Catholic sources
F. The Bible and the Catholic Church
I. Articles on The Jesus Seminar:
1. Crisis magazine’s series: Deliver Us From the Jesus Seminars
General Introduction: General Introduction (Philip Blosser, Jesus Seminar Critically Examined)
Introduction: Rev. Rodger Hunter Hall, STL: "Deliver Us From the Jesus Seminar"
Part 1: Prof. John McCormick, “The Genesis of the Jesus Seminar”
Part 2: William R. Farmer, “Robert Funk & The Jesus Seminar”
Part 3: Kenneth D. Whitehead, “Biblical Scholarship & the Faith of the Church” (Catholic Culture link)
Part 4: John Burger, “Funding of the Jesus Seminar” (link)
Part 5: "N.T. Wright, “Setting Scholars Straight about the Deliver Us from the Jesus Seminar”
2. Additional Crisis magazine articles
Rev. Robert Johansen, "What's Wrong with Our Seminaries? An Insider Speaks Out" (Crisis, May 2, 2003)
B. First Things magazine articles on the Jesus Seminar
Richard B. Hays, “The Corrected Jesus,” review of The Five Gospels: The Search for the Authentic Words of Jesus, ed. by Robert W. Funk, Roy W. Hoover, and The Jesus Seminar (Macmillan) 576 pp. $30.(First Things, May 1994)
Peter Williamson, “Catholicism and the Bible: An Interview with Albert Vanhoye” (Vanhoye recently began his second 5-yr. term as Secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission) (First Things, June/July 1997)
Richard B. Hays, “The Jesus Quest & The Real Jesus,” review of The Jesus Quest: The Third Search for the Jew of Nazareth, by Ben Witherington III (InterVarsity Press), 250 pp. $19.99; and The Real Jesus: The Misguided Quest for the Historical Jesus and the Truth of the Traditional Gospels, by Luke Timothy Johnson (Harper San Francisco), 192pp. $22. [excellent for contrast between Witherington’s positive and Johnson’s negative assessment of the value of history for faith] (First Things, June/July 1996)
“Interpreting the Bible: Three Views” - Articles by Paul M. Blowers, Jon D. Levenson, & Robert L. Wilken, commissioned in response to the Pontifical Biblical Commission's "The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church" (First Things, Aug/Sept 1994)
Alan Mittleman, "Review of Spinoza, Liberalism, and the Question of Jewish Identity" (First Things, Jan 1998)
Craig Blomberg, "Who Does the Jesus Seminar Really Speak for? A Summary Critique" (Christian Research Journal, ed. Elliot Miller)
David Weidlich, "What Did Jesus Really Say?" (Critique of Jesus Seminar, Five Gospels, Dominic Crossan)
"Special Feature: The Jesus Seminar" (Leadership U)
Dr. William Lane Craig, "Rediscovering the Historical Jesus: Presuppositions and Pretensions of the Jesus Seminar" (Leadership U)
Gregory Koukl, "The Jesus Seminar Under Fire" (Stand to Reason)
Jimmy Williams, "The Jesus Seminar" (Probe Ministries, Leadership U.)
Arthur Daniels, Jr., "Crouching Liberals, Hidden Atheists"
Trevor Major, M.Sc., M.A., "Jesus Seminar: No Hidden Agenda" (ApologeticsPress.Org)
II. General critiques of liberal historical-critical biblical scholarship:
C.S. Lewis, "Modern Theology and Biblical Criticism" (Lewis on Biblical Criticism)
Michael Burer, "A Survey of Historical Jesus Studies: From Reimarus to Wright" (The Net Bible)
Birger A. Pearson, "The Gospel According to the Jesus Seminar" (Prof. Emeritus, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara)
Prof. R. T. France, "The Gospels as Historical Sources for Jesus" (Leadership U.)
Dr. William Lane Craig, "Articles: The Historical Jesus"
Dr. William Lane Craig, "The Evidence for Jesus" (Leadership U.)
Dr. William Lane Craig, "The Problem Of Miracles:A Historical And Philosophical Perspective" (Leadership U.)
Dr. William Lane Craig, "Contemporary Scholarship and the Historical Evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus Christ" (Leadership U.)
Dr. William Lane Craig, "From Easter to Valentinus and the Apostles' Creed Once More: A Critical Examination of James Robinson's Proposed Resurrection Appearance Trajectories" (Leadership U.)
C. Stephan Evans, “Can the New Jesus Save Us?” (Institute for Religious Research)
John Beaumont, "Kulturkampf and the Gospel" [Beumont quotes from William Farmer's The Gospel of Jesus:The Pastoral Relevance of the Synoptic Problem] (link)
E. Miscellaneous Catholic sourcs
"Biblical Criticism (Higher)" -- Catholic Encyclopedia
"The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church," Pontifical Biblical Commission (Printed March 18, 1994)
Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Prefect, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith: “Instruction on the Ecclesial Vocation of the Theologian” (link)
Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, "Relativism: The Central Problem for Faith Today"
Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, "The Question of Truth Lies at Center of Theology"
F. The Bible and the Catholic Church (link)
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