Editing Jesus Seminar (section)

==Conservative backlash==
{{further|Resurrection Summit}}
In addition to scholarly critiques, a number of conservative Christian organizations were critical of the Jesus Seminar.

[[D. James Kennedy]], senior pastor of [[Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church]], was critical of the Jesus Seminar and John Dominic Crossan, writing in his 1996 book ''The Gates of Hell Shall Not Prevail'':

{{blockquote|Doesn't it seem like its open season on Christians—and even Christ—these days? The character of the only perfect human being to ever live is being dragged through the mud by those with the respectability of a degree behind their names ... While there are liberal Bible scholars who deny some or many tenets of the faith, there are just as many—if not more—scholars who hold to a much more conservative position.<ref>Kennedy, D. James (1996). ''The Gates of Hell Shall Not Prevail'', Thomas Nelson, {{ISBN|0-7852-7686-6}}. p.151.</ref>}}

In response to the airing of a two-hour ABC News documentary titled "The Search for Jesus" in June 2000, which featured Jesus Seminar scholars including Marcus Borg and John Dominic Crossan, Coral Ridge Ministries produced the one-hour documentary "Who Is This Jesus". Hosted by actor [[Dean Jones (actor)|Dean Jones]] and D. James Kennedy, the film features ancient history scholar [[Paul L. Maier]], and biblical scholars [[D.A. Carson]], [[N.T. Wright]], [[Gary Habermas]], and [[Bruce Metzger]]. Also featured is evangelical apologist [[Josh McDowell]]. As Kennedy recalled later, "We featured a wide variety of scholarly viewpoints... We set out to show the ample historical evidence that the Gospels are reliable, that the New Testament is the best-attested book in antiquity in quantity and quality of manuscripts, that Jesus is who He said He is, and that He rose from the dead."<ref>Kennedy, D. James (2003). ''What If America Were a Christian Nation Again?'', Thomas Nelson, {{ISBN|9780785270423}} p.161.</ref> The film aired on Christmas Day 2000 on the PAX-TV network and a number of CBS affiliates.<ref>Washington Times, Dec. 25, 2000, "TV Film aims for true story of Jesus".</ref> An expanded version of the film, titled "Who Is This Jesus: Is He Risen?", aired at Easter 2001. The film aired again on "The Coral Ridge Hour" on Palm Sunday, 2005.<ref>
{{cite web |url=http://www.vindy.com/news/2005/mar/19/tv-special-who-is-this-jesus-weighs-evidence-of/ |title=TV Special 'Who Is This Jesus' weighs evidence of Resurrection |website=[[The Vindicator]] |date=March 19, 2005 |access-date=July 17, 2019}}</ref>

Similarly, in 2001 [[John Ankerberg]], a Baptist apologist-theologian, host of The John Ankerberg Show, responded with "The Search for Jesus: A Response to the ABC, NBC, CNN Specials about Jesus". The program featured biblical scholars [[Craig Blomberg]], [[Gary Habermas]], and [[N.T. Wright]] as well as philosopher-theologian [[William Lane Craig]] and Israeli archaeologist [[Gabriel Barkay]].

Both ''The Watchman Expositor'' and ''The Christian Arsenal'' identify the Jesus Seminar as an attempt by [[Satan]] to twist the meaning of Scripture, founded in the liberalism, modernism, and [[neo-orthodoxy]] that are current in academia and mainline seminaries.<ref>{{citation |url= http://www.watchman.org/reltop/slipslop.htm |title= The Jesus Seminar: The Slippery Slope to Heresy |work= The Watchman Expositor |volume= 12 |issue= 1 |first= Craig |last= Branch |year= 1995 |publisher= [[Watchman Fellowship|Watchman Fellowship ministry]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.christianarsenal.com/conttopic/ContTopics013.htm|title=Jesus Seminar - The Christian Arsenal}}</ref> Maurice Casey states:

{{blockquote|The effect of the American Jesus Seminar on conservative American Christians has been just as disastrous as the work of the Seminar itself. Some of them write books which appear to assume that, if they can demonstrate that the Jesus Seminar is wrong, they thereby demonstrate the absolute truth of Protestant fundamentalism or Catholic orthodoxy, whichever the perspective from which the author is writing.<ref name="Casey2010"/>}}