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The Once and Future Bible

Gregory C. Jenks, The Once and Future Bible: An introduction to the Bible for religious progressives. Forthcoming, Wipf & Stock Publishers, early 2011. Follow the link below for advance news, including ordering information:

• Once and Future Bible

Jesus Database

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.

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
• Co-Director, Bethsaida Excavations Project

Speaking schedule: recent and future engagements ...

Bethsaida Excavations Project

25 YEARS ... 25 AUSSIES ... 25 AMERICANS
Planning for the Bethsaida 2011 season is already underway and details will be available soon. The plan is to have two weeks on the dig at Bethsaida (June 12-25), with an extra week in Jerusalem directly before the Bethsaida segment. There will also be options for tours in Jordan and Egypt afterwards, as well as connections to Europe.
Register your interest now | Freecall (from within Australia): 1300 554 654

• Bethsaida Then and Now
• Virtual World Project - Bethsaida
• Bethsaida Dig - Official Volunteers Page
• 2010 Season - Week by Week News & Photos
• Bethsaida 2010 - daily travel journal

The Consortium for the Bethsaida Excavations Project (CBEP) brings together faculty and students from more than a dozen universities and colleges, together with volunteers from many different countries, to work on this continuing project that celebrates its 25th consecutive year in 2011. The project offers opportunities for graduate students to pursue research related to historical questions from the Iron Age through to Early Roman times, and a number of successful doctoral projects have already been completed on the site.

Key Links

• Crossan Inventory
• FaithFutures Foundation
• Jesus Seminar
• Living the Questions
• Once and Future Bible
• Progressive Communities

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 23C - Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost (5 September 2010)

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 - Payments - Support - 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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