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The Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels bridges the gap between scholars and those pastors, teachers, students and lay people desiring in-depth treatment of select topics in an accessible and summary format. The topics range from cross-sectional themes (such as faith, law, and Sabbath), to methods of interpretation (such as form criticism, redaction criticism, and sociological approaches), from...

In the canonical Gospels, “God” (theos) is the traditional deity of ancient Israel referred to in the OT; and, as everywhere in the NT, the exclusivist mono theism of ancient Jewish piety, which involves a rejection of all other deities, is the religious orientation adapted to early Christian devotion to Jesus. In the Gospels God is the ultimate authority* and the ultimate good. The Gospels are narratives about Jesus, but his whole significance rests on the claim that God is the source of Jesus’
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