Robert W. Funk
Robert W. Funk (July 18, 1926 – September 3, 2005) was an American biblical scholar, founder of the
historical-critical, with a strongly skeptical view of orthodox Christian belief, particularly concerning the historical Jesus.[1] He and his associates described Jesus' parables as containing shocking messages that contradicted established religious attitudes.[1]
Career
Funk had a
Fulbright Scholar
.
He taught at the
American School of Oriental Research in Jerusalem, was chairman of the graduate department of religion at Vanderbilt University and executive secretary of the Society of Biblical Literature
. He was founder and first executive director of Scholars Press (1974–1980).
Works
Books
- Funk, Robert W. (1961). A Greek Grammar of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature: A Translation and Revision of the ninth-tenth German edition incorporating supplementary notes of A. Debrunner. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. OCLC 747562. - translator and revisor
- ——— (1966). Language, Hermeneutic and Word of God: the problem of language in the New Testament and contemporary theology. New York: Harper & Row. OCLC 384346.
- ——— (1973). A Beginning-Intermediate Grammar of Hellenistic Greek. Sources for Biblical Study. Vol. 2. Missoula, MT: Society of Biblical Literature. OCLC 619856519.
- ——— (1975). Jesus as Precursor. Semeia Supplements. Vol. 2. Philadelphia, PA: Fortress Press. OCLC 1993001.
- ——— (1982). Parables and Presence: forms of the New Testament tradition. Philadelphia, PA: Fortress Press. OCLC 8628426.
- ——— (1985). New Gospel Parallels. Foundations and Facets. Philadelphia, PA: Fortress Press. OCLC 11915771.
- ——— (1996). Honest to Jesus: Jesus for a New Millennium. San Francisco, CA: HarperSanFrancisco. OCLC 34967089.
- ——— (1998). The Acts of Jesus: The Search for the Authentic Deeds. San Francisco, CA: HarperSanFrancisco. OCLC 37854370.
- ——— (2002). A Credible Jesus: Fragments of a Vision. Polebridge Press. ISBN 9780944344880.
- ——— (2006). Funk on Parables: Collected Essays. Polebridge Press. ISBN 9780944344996.
As editor
- ———; OCLC 28421734.
Articles and chapters
- ——— (June 1956). "Enigma of the famine visit". Journal of Biblical Literature. 75 (2): 130–136. JSTOR 3261489.
- ——— (September 1959). "The Wilderness". Journal of Biblical Literature. 78 (3): 205–214. JSTOR 3264966.
References
External links
- Obituary in the Los Angeles Times 7 September 2005
- Robert Funk page at the Westar Institute
- Obituary in Boston Globe
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