▁spark ed ▁new ▁r ounds ▁of ▁studies ▁that ▁included ▁anth rop ological ▁and ▁soci ological ▁pers pect ives , ▁re est ab lish ing ▁J uda ism ▁as ▁the ▁pre domin ant ▁influence ▁on ▁Jesus , ▁Paul ▁and ▁the ▁New ▁Testament . ▁New ▁Testament ▁scholar ▁N . ▁T . ▁Wright ▁says , ▁" The ▁earliest ▁trad itions ▁of ▁Jesus ▁reflected ▁in ▁the ▁G osp els ▁are ▁written ▁from ▁the ▁perspective ▁of ▁Second ▁Temple ▁J uda ism ▁[ and ] ▁must ▁be ▁interpreted ▁from ▁the ▁stand point ▁of ▁Jewish ▁es chat ology ▁and ▁ap oc aly ptic ism ." ▁ ▁B ult mann ▁has ▁been ▁personally ▁critic ized ▁for ▁being ▁over ly ▁focused ▁on ▁He ide g ger ' s ▁philosophy ▁in ▁his ▁philosoph ical ▁foundation , ▁and ▁for ▁working ▁with ▁a ▁pri ori ▁not ions ▁concerning ▁" fol kl ore , ▁the ▁distinction ▁between ▁Palest in ian ▁and ▁H ellen istic ▁communities , ▁the ▁length ▁of ▁the ▁or al ▁period , ▁and ▁more , ▁that ▁were ▁not ▁derived ▁from ▁study ▁but ▁were ▁instead ▁constructed ▁according ▁to ▁a ▁pre con ce ived ▁pattern ". ▁For ▁some , ▁the ▁many ▁challeng es ▁to ▁form ▁criticism ▁mean ▁its ▁future ▁is ▁in ▁doubt . ▁Bible ▁scholar ▁Anthony ▁J . ▁Campbell ▁says : ▁ ▁Form ▁criticism ▁had ▁a ▁meteor ic ▁rise ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁tw enti eth ▁century ▁and ▁fell ▁from ▁favor ▁toward ▁its ▁end . ▁For ▁some , ▁the ▁future ▁of ▁form ▁criticism ▁is ▁not ▁an ▁issue : ▁it ▁has ▁none . ▁But ▁if