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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 term kyrios (“Lord”), which became for the early church the central Christian confession regarding Jesus (cf. Rom 10:9; 1 Cor 12:3; Phil 2:11), had a wide variety of uses in antiquity. It is necessary to explore some of them before examining how and whether Jesus, the earliest Christians and then the Evangelists used such a term or its Aramaic equivalent to say something essential or even extraordinary about the central figure of Christian faith. 1. Greek Usage 2. Jewish Background 3.
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