End of Activities and Fellows of The Jesus Seminar
The Jesus seminar was active in the 1980s and 1990s, but has since disbanded. However, early in the 21st century, another group called the "Acts Seminar" was formed by some previous members to follow similar approaches to biblical research.
Robert Funk died in 2005, but notable surviving fellows of the Jesus Seminar include Marcus Borg, John Dominic Crossan, Stephen L. Harris, Robert M. Price and Burton Mack. Borg is a liberal Christian who articulates the vision hypothesis to explain Jesus' resurrection. Crossan is an important voice in contemporary historical Jesus research, promoting the idea of a non-apocalyptic Jesus who preaches a sapiential eschatology. Funk was one of the most important representatives of recent American research into Jesus' parables. Harris is the author of several books on religion, including university-level textbooks. Mack describes Jesus as a Galilean Cynic, based on the elements of the Q document that he considers to be earliest.
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