Father, son and holy ghost writer. (Jesus Seminar's report on authenticity of words attributed to Jesus in the Bible) From: National Review | Date: April 1, 1991 | COPYRIGHT 1991 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

A GROUP of liberal New Testament scholars called the Jesus Seminar has completed a six-year study and reached a remarkable conclusion: that only about a fifth of the words attributed to Jesus in the Gospels are authentic. We note that the Seminar members tend to ascribe authenticity especially to those passages that lend themselves to a politically correct agenda: the parables of the Good Samaritan and the Unjust Steward, and sayings critical of the rich or urging charity to the poor....