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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...

action lies character and motive. One can pass a law against murder and then enforce it. But one cannot pass a law against being a murderous person. Law by its very nature can deal only with activities. It can, of course, take account of intention. Today some countries have a law against “loitering with intent.” But first one must at least loiter. Jesus has in fact moved out of the realm of law to ethics proper. Ethics has a debt beyond the reach of law. This is hardly to claim that Jesus was not
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