The Jesus Seminar is an academic group whose main aim is to research into the Historical Jesus. Its members distinguished themselves from the beginning by the way they make use of the media to extend their influence, and also in their methodology and the criteria they use for selecting and evaluating materials. The Jesus Seminar was once regarded as a leader in the field of research into the Historical Jesus. However, their methodologies for dealing with texts as well as other materials have proven problematic, and so their conclusions demand re-evaluation.