Robert W. Funk (1926-2005), scholar

Robert W. Funk (1926-2005) was an American scholar.

Biography

NT scholar. PhD (1953) from Vanderbilt University. Professor at Vanderbilt University. Founder and first executive director of Scholars Press (1974-1980). Co-founder of the Jesus Seminar.

Works on Second Temple Judaism

Books

• The Five Gospels: The Search for the Authentic Words of Jesus (1993 Funk/Hoover), book

• Honest to Jesus: Jesus for a New Millennium (1996 Funk), book

• The Acts of Jesus: The Search for the Authentic Deeds of Jesus (1998 Funk), book

References

• Mark A. Powell, in Jesus in History, Thought, and Culture (2003 Houlten), edited volume

External links

• Wikipedia