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The Seminar used what it termed "Seven Pillars of Scholarly Wisdom" which it termed the basis for "modern critical scholarship" of Jesus:

The Seminar used what it termed "Seven Pillars of Scholarly Wisdom" which it termed the basis for "modern critical scholarship" of Jesus:

#Distinguishing between "historical Jesus" and what the Gospels say about Him;

#Distinguishing between "historical Jesus" and what the Gospels say about Him;

#Distinguishing between the [[Synoptic gospels]] and the [[Gospel according to John]] (considering the Synoptics to be "more historical" and John's Gospel to be "more spiritual");

#Distinguishing between the [[Synoptic gospels]] and the [[Gospel according to John]] (considering the Synoptics to be "more historical" and John's Gospel to be "more spiritual", and considering the Gospel of Thomas to be more canonical than John);

#Identifying the [[Gospel according to Mark]] as the first Gospel account, and the source of the information found in the [[Gospel according to Matthew]] and the [[Gospel according to Luke]];

#Identifying the [[Gospel according to Mark]] as the first Gospel account, and the source of the information found in the [[Gospel according to Matthew]] and the [[Gospel according to Luke]];

#Identifying the (hypothetical) "Q document", which it considered the source of information found in Matthew and Luke, but not in Mark;

#Identifying the (hypothetical) "Q document", which it considered the source of information found in Matthew and Luke, but not in Mark;