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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...

Rhetorical criticism is the analysis of portions of the Gospels or an entire Gospel according to Greco-Roman and modern rhetorical and literary conventions and theories. It is the effort to understand the Gospel writer’s message, its structure and persuasive techniques, how individual passages as well as the Gospel as a whole were intended to influence an audience, and how various audiences actually would respond. 1. Introduction 2. The Muilenburg Approach 3. The Greco-Roman