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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...

The idea of the quest of the historical Jesus gained currency through Albert Schweitzer’s The Quest of the Historical Jesus: A Critical Study of its Progress from Reimarus to Wrede (1910). Schweitzer’s original German title Von Reimarus zu Wrede. Eine Geschichte der Leben-Jesu-Forschung [From Reimarus to Wrede. A History of Research into the Life of Jesus] (1906) suggested a history of biographical research. The English title bestowed added drama to Schweitzer’s narrative