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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...

. For some scholars the incident recounts Jesus cleansing the Temple and reclaiming it for its spiritual purpose as a house of prayer. For others, the event is an assault on and attempted political take-over of the Temple. Between these extremes, scholars like R. A. Horsley and E. P. Sanders read the event as a symbolic prophetic action, limited in scope, but condemning the Temple. Sanders concludes that Jesus either prophesied or threatened the destruction of the Temple
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