Did Jesus claim to be the Messiah Did he promise to return and usher in a new age How did Jesus envision the Kingdom of God The Five Gospels answers these questions in a bold dynamic work that will startle traditional readers of the Bible and rekindle interest in it among secular skeptics In 1985 the Jesus Seminar comprising a distinguished group of biblical scholars was founded by Robert W Funk They embarked on a new translation and assessment of the gospels including the recently discovered Gospel of Thomas In pursuit of the historical Jesus they used their collective expertise to determine the authenticity of more than fifteen hundred sayings attributed to him Their remarkable findings appear in this book For the first time in paperback this controversial bestseller contains remarkable findings about the historical Jesus and asserts that no more than 20 percent of the sayings attributed to Jesus in the New Testament were actually spoken by him . CLICK HERE TO START DOWNLOAD