ig ated ▁or ▁modified ▁the ▁received ▁tradition , ▁as ▁having ▁been ▁too ▁bold ▁for ▁its ▁taste . ▁( K äs emann , ▁Ess ays ▁on ▁New ▁Testament ▁Th emes , ▁p . ▁ 3 7 ) ▁ ▁In ▁other ▁words , ▁the ▁criter ion ▁post ul ates ▁that ▁trad itions ▁about ▁Jesus ▁derive ▁from ▁( only ) ▁three ▁sources : ▁ext rap olation ▁from ▁earlier ▁Jewish ▁trad itions , ▁revision ism ▁by ▁the ▁early ▁Christian ▁Church , ▁and ▁true ▁historical ▁accounts ▁of ▁Jesus ' s ▁min istry . ▁If ▁some ▁tradition ▁cannot ▁be ▁ade qu ately ▁explained ▁by ▁ext rap olation ▁nor ▁by ▁revision ism , ▁then ▁it ▁must ▁necessarily ▁be ▁a ▁trace ▁of ▁the ▁historical ▁Jesus . ▁ ▁Lim itations ▁▁ ▁The ▁criter ion ▁has ▁received ▁criticism ▁for ▁leading ▁to ▁reconst ru ctions ▁of ▁Jesus ▁as ▁being ▁in ▁imp laus ible ▁dis continu ity ▁with ▁the ▁early ▁Jewish ▁trad itions ▁that ▁preced ed ▁him ▁and ▁the ▁early ▁Christian ▁trad itions ▁that ▁followed ▁from ▁him . ▁One ▁such ▁critic ▁writes : ▁" The ▁problem ▁of ▁the ▁C riter ion ▁of ▁Double ▁D iss im ilar ity ▁is ▁that ▁the ▁more ▁we ▁know ▁about ▁early ▁Jewish ▁trad itions ▁and ▁the ▁more ▁we ▁know ▁about ▁early ▁Christian ▁post - E aster ▁trad itions , ▁the ▁less ▁space ▁there ▁is ▁for ▁a ▁reconst ruction ▁of ▁the ▁authentic ▁say ings ▁of ▁Jesus , ▁as ▁by ▁definition ▁they ▁have ▁to ▁differ ▁from ▁early ▁Jewish ▁and ▁early ▁Christian ▁trad itions . ▁Therefore , ▁in ▁the ▁end , ▁no ▁trace