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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...

preaching sermons on Jesus calling his disciples, Jesus healing* the sick, Jesus challenging the Pharisees*, etc., and applying the message from that original horizon to the church today. The question may be raised, however, if this approach does full justice to the written text. To be sure, this method uses the written text, but only as a transparent window-pane through which to view the historical Jesus and his words and actions. The Gospels, however, as a comparison of the four will show, are