One of the most obvious features of this ‘Third Quest’ has been the bold attempt to set Jesus firmly into his Jewish context. Another feature has been that, unlike the ‘New Quest’, the writers I shall mention have largely ignored the artificial pseudo-historical ‘criteria’ for different sayings in the gospels. Instead, they have offered complete hypotheses about Jesus’ whole life and work, including not only sayings but also deeds. This has made for a more complete, and less artificial, historical