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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...

. The four Evangelists witness that in the midst of the ebb and flow of the popularity of the Jesus movement, a core of twelve disciples were called by Jesus. Modern scholarship is widely agreed that Matthew and Mark (at least from Mk 3:13 par. Mt. 10:1) generally identify the terms disciple and the Twelve with one another (e.g., Meye, Luz), though not to the extent of implying that the term “disciple” should be limited to the Twelve (contra Strecker). Mark gives evidence