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 | | Funk further influenced the course of biblical scholarship by insisting that Fellows of the Jesus Seminar communicate the results of biblical scholarship directly to the literate public. |
 | | Robert Funk was born July 18, 1926, in Evansville, Indiana, the eldest son of Robert Joseph and Ada Funk. |
 | | Robert Funk is survived by his wife Charlene Matejovsky of Santa Rosa, California, daughters Andrea Ray of Eugene, Oregon, and Stephanie McFarland of Portland, Oregon, three grandchildren Alyson, Katie, and Jake McFarland, and a brother Charles Anthony Foster of Tampa, Florida. |
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