::::To get the ball rolling, here is a summary from the lead of Historical Jesus. I cleaned out all the citations for the sake of this talk page, but there are dozens, which we can import later once we agree on the wording. Please add to and build on this:  
 :::::The portraits of Jesus that have been constructed in these processes have often differed from each other, and from the dogmatic image portrayed in the gospel accounts. There is little scholarly agreement on a single portrait, or the methods needed to construct it. A number of scholars have criticized the various approaches used in the study of the historical Jesus—on one hand for the lack of rigor in research methods, on the other for being driven by "specific agendas" that interpret ancient sources to fit specific goals. By the 21st century scholars began to focus on what is historically probable and plausible about Jesus.