Changes

*Multiple attestations (an account listed in more than one Gospel would be rated higher than one found in only one)

*Multiple attestations (an account listed in more than one Gospel would be rated higher than one found in only one)

*Embarrassment

*Embarrassment

*Orality (the shorter the phrase, the more likely it was authentic; an example would be "turn the other cheek")

*Orality (the shorter the phrase, the more likely it was authentic)

*Irony (if it was counter to the norm, the more likely it was authentic; an example would be "love your enemies")

*Irony (if it was counter to the norm, the more likely it was authentic)

*Trust in God (if Jesus told His followers to trust in God, the more likely it was authentic; an example would be "ask, and it shall be given to you")

*Trust in God (if Jesus told His followers to trust in God, the more likely it was authentic)

Conversely it identified certain "criteria for inauthenticity", where a passage would be considered not to be an actual saying, which included:

Conversely it identified certain "criteria for inauthenticity", where a passage would be considered not to be an actual saying, which included:

*Self-reference (if it had Jesus referring to Himself, the more likely it was not authentic; for example John 14:6 -- "I Am The Way, The Truth, and The Life" -- was rated not authentic)

*Self-reference (if it had Jesus referring to Himself, the more likely it was not authentic)

*Framing Material (verses which preceded an "authentic" saying were generally considered not authentic; for example the verses preceding The Parable of the Good Samaritan were rated not authentic, though the parable itself was rated authentic)

*Framing Material (verses which preceded an "authentic" saying were generally considered not authentic)

*Community Issues (verses relating to concerns of early Christians were generally considered not authentic; for example Jesus telling Peter that he was "the rock" on which the church would be built was rated not authentic)

*Community Issues (verses relating to concerns of early Christians were generally considered not authentic)

*Theological Agenda (verses supporting an opinion or outlook unique to that Gospel were generally considered not authentic; for example the Parable of the Sheep and the Goats was rated not authentic)

*Theological Agenda (verses supporting an opinion or outlook unique to that Gospel were generally considered not authentic)

Each member of the Seminar used a series of colored beads for each saying of Jesus found in the Gospels (along with the Gospel of Thomas) to determine that voter's assessment of historical accuracy; each bead represented a number of "points", the more points, the more the voter (and, ultimately, the Seminar as a whole) considered the saying to be attributed to Jesus:

Each member of the Seminar used a series of colored beads for each saying of Jesus found in the Gospels (along with the Gospel of Thomas) to determine that voter's assessment of historical accuracy; each bead represented a number of "points", the more points, the more the voter (and, ultimately, the Seminar as a whole) considered the saying to be attributed to Jesus: