# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-w-funk
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:25:44.822Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-w-funk"
name: "Robert W. Funk"
slug: "robert-w-funk"
description: "Robert Walter Funk was an American biblical scholar, founder of the Jesus Seminar and the nonprofit Westar Institute in Santa Rosa, California. Funk sought to promote research and education on what he called biblical literacy. His approach to hermeneutics was historical-critical, with a strongly skeptical view of orthodox Christian belief, particularly concerning the historical Jesus. He and his associates described Jesus' parables as containing shocking messages that contradicted established religious attitudes."
tagline: "American theologian and Biblical scholar (1926-2005)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1926-07-18"
deathDate: "2005-09-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.7
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.680418666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_W._Funk"
    title: "Robert W. Funk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "روبرت فنك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%81%D9%86%D9%83"
    title: "روبرت فنك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Funk"
    title: "Robert Funk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Funk"
    title: "Robert Funk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A1%9C%EB%B2%84%ED%8A%B8_W._%ED%8E%91%ED%81%AC"
    title: "로버트 W. 펑크"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump