*sigh*

Just when I thought that enough books against the Jesus Seminar had been written that people outside of the academy were starting to realize how radical their conclusions were we get this news.

1. They are claiming (albeit of themselves) that Bob Price, well known on the atheist debating circuit and for his radical hypothesis despite evidence, has no faith commitments? Really? Or that Tabor who changes views whenever a buck is available (compare the many contradictions between Jesus Dynasty and what he said about the Jesus Tomb) is unbiased? Of course, Tabor still claims in this article, "the Jesus Project repudiates any theological agendas, special pleading, or dogmatic presuppositions."

2. Tabor has a great quote in the article when he says, "Scholars now at the beginning of the twenty-first century are able to take advantage of a plethora of new texts, sources, and methods, including the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, various lost Gospels that are not in our New Testament, and a rich archeological record." What do we now have that we didn't have twenty five years ago at the onset of the Jesus Seminar? The Vision of Gabriel...Gospel of Judas?

P.S. I thought I read awhile back about some of the old Jesus Seminar guys getting together with Bauckham and Hurtado to start up another one of these groups. Have y'all heard anything about that?