The sub-heading is: "The Search for the AuthenticWords of Jesus." This new translation and commentary was preparedby Robert W. Funk, Roy W. Hoover, and the Jesus Seminar.

This is the collective report of gospel scholars workingclosely together for six years on a common question: "What did Jesusreally say?" The Fellows and the Jesus Seminar represent a wide arrayof Western religious traditions and academic institutions and have beentrained in the best universities of North America and Europe.

First, they inventoried all the surviving ancient textsfor words attributed to Jesus. Next, they examined those words in the severalancient languages in which they have been preserved. Then, they produceda translation of all the gospels, known as the Scholars Version. Finally,they studied, debated, and voted on each of the more than 1,500 sayingsin the inventory.

They used a color-coding of the translation of Jesus'words. Those words that are most probably spoken by Jesus are in red. Thosethat are less certain in being traced back to Jesus or have suffered modificationin transmission are in pink. Those that did not originate with Jesus thoughthey may reflect his ideas are in grey. Those that were given to Jesusto speak by his admirers (a few by his enemies) and are, therefore, inauthenticare in bold black. Explanations for the reasoning are given throughout.

Macmillan (1993)

[Tyndale House, Cambridge, UnitedKingdom]

Comparisons which include this version:

God So Loved the World
The Hebrew Synoptic Gospels
The Miracle at Cana
Sabbaths and Sundown
The Story of the Adultress
Those Who Work Iniquity
Was Jesus Forsaken by God?
Words with Heathen Origins in the Scriptures