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The Jesus Database has been a project supported by the FaithFutures Foundation for many years. After more than three years of publication as a wiki site under the Foundation's auspices, it is now has its own dedicated domain to reflect its ongoing significance as a project that serves both academic and general users.

Unfortunately, just before the transition to the new domain was implemented a cascading series of hardware failures caused a major loss of data, including all material created or edited after the first week of September 2006.

Work is underway to retrieve and restore as much of the missing data as possible. This will result in the permanent loss of some material, and also require considerable time.

Your continued support for the project, and your patience as we retrieve lost material, is sincerely, appreciated.

If you would like to make a financial gift to assist with this work that would also be most welcome. Simply click here and choose your preferred method of payment.

Project Director: Dr Greg Jenks

Greg Jenks is Academic Dean and Lecturer in Biblical Studies at St Francis Theological College in Brisbane, Australia and an Academic Associate in School of Theology, Charles Sturt University. His particular research interests are focused on second temple Judaism and Christian origins, including historical Jesus research and Galilee in the first century of the Common Era. Current teaching areas include NT Greek, Synoptic Gospels & Acts of the Apostles, and Judaism & Early Christianity.

In addition to the Jesus Database project, Dr Jenks is involved in the following research activities:

• Biblical Characters in the Three Traditions Seminar, SBL
• Centre for Public & Contextual Theology, Charles Sturt University
• Fellow of the Westar Institute

Future engagements

• Bethsaida excavations (June 21-26)
• Nazareth (June 26-29)
• International SBL meeting in Rome (June 30-July 4)
• Progressive Christianity Network Victoria, Melbourne (Aug 9)
• St Andrew's Trust Lecture, Wellington, New Zealand (Sep 24)
• Sea of Faith conference in Hamilton, New Zealand (Sep 25-27)
• Common Dreams 2 conference in Melbourne (April 15-18, 2009)

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You can follow Greg Jenks on Twitter or via Greg's Facebook page for the latest news about speaking engagements, etc.

This Week's Lectionary Notes

The weekly lectionary notes focus on the Sunday readings from the Revised Common Lectionary which is used by many congregations around the world. While the RCL readings differ from the denominational lectionaries—such as the Common Lectionary used in Roman Catholic churches or the Episcopal Church USA lectionary—there is substantial overlap with the NT readings, and especially the Gospels. These notes typically focus on the Gospel readings and they draw on the materials available from the Jesus Database project. The notes are available free of charge to anyone wishing to use them. They can be accessed from this site as required, or you may request to have them sent to your email address each week.

• Advanceword | Lectionary
• Proper 12B - 3rd Sunday after Pentecost (21 June 2009)
• Proper 13B - 4th Sunday after Pentecost (28 June 2009)
• Proper 14B - 5th Sunday after Pentecost (5 July 2009)

Key Links

• Crossan Inventory
• FaithFutures Foundation
• Jesus Seminar
• Living the Questions
• Progressive Communities

Information and Reference

• Abbreviations - Common abbreviations used throughout this site
• Jesus Seminar - Jesus Seminar and Historical Jesus Research - Color Codes - Jesus Seminar Meetings - Jesus Seminar Voting
• John Dominic Crossan - Crossan Inventory - Crossan Methodology
• Works Cited - Publication details for titles frequently cited in discussions on this site

FaithFutures Foundation

• The Foundation: FaithFutures Foundation - Core Values - Guiding Principles - Membership - Trustees
• Education - Living the Questions - Moodle - Study Guides - Progressive Childrens Programs - Surveying Progressive Religious Thought
• Jesus Then - Antichrist Myth - Common Sayings Tradition - Crossan Inventory - Jesus Database - Jesus Seminar
• Living with Jesus Now - Advanceword - Basileia - Community - Creativity and Arts - Ekklesia - Ekonomia - Green Theology - Holy Living - Lectionary - MetaPhysics - Peace and Justice - Sex and Sexuality
• Network - Centre for Progressive Religious Thought - FFForum - Hodos - Progressive Journals - Progressive Spirituality Network - Sea of Faith Network - SnowStar Institute of Religion - SoFFFia - The Center for Progressive Christianity - Westar Institute
• Progressive Faith Communities - Progressive Childrens Programs - Progressive Communities

FAITHFUTURES @ facebook
A Facebook community for members and friends of the FaithFutures Foundation with an interest in new expressions of Christian faith and praxis that engage with new insights from our ever-expanding knowledge of the world and embrace interfaith collaboration. Participation is open to anyone who agrees to abide by the Core Values and Guiding Principles of the Foundation, as published on this site. Find us online or send an email to request an invitation to join.

Proceeds from the sale of Living the Questions materials in Australia and New Zealand by FAITHFUTURES assist with the costs of this project.

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