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Steve Moyise offers an illuminating yet accessible guide to the various ways that Jesus employed Scripture, both in his teaching and in his understanding of his ministry. After analyzing the scriptural quotations and allusions in the four canonical Gospels, Moyise examines the views of a range of key scholars—Borg, Crossan, Dunn, France, Kimball, Vermes and Wright—and shows how their differing...

First, if this healing corresponds to what actually happened, the Pharisees would surely have pointed out that the man’s life was not at risk. If Jesus truly respected the Sabbath, why did he not wait until the following day to heal him? Second, if Jesus defended the disciples’ plucking of grain on the Sabbath by reference to David eating the consecrated bread, they would surely have pointed out that in that story there is no mention of it being on a Sabbath (1 Sam. 21:1–6). What is clear is that
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