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Since the Seminar rejected the infallibility of the Gospels, it identified certain "criteria for authenticity", which included:

Since the Seminar rejected the infallibility of the Gospels, it identified certain "criteria for authenticity", which included:

*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 (an account that was embarrassing to the author or the people mentioned was likely more authentic, as an author would not invent a story to embarrass himself or his followers)

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

*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)

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