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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...

actions in the narrative may be reduced to a limited number of “character types” or spheres of action and a limited number of types of action or “functions.” Narrative may be seen as resting on profound ahistorical and general binary oppositions which are expressed in less profound and specific historical and cultural terms in the actual narrative. These oppositions must be mediated by a third category that is related to both realms in the actual narrative but which belongs to neither. Events