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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...

However, there are two further features of this story that require comment. The first is technical, and it is that Jesus cites four faculties (heart, soul, mind, strength), whereas Deuteronomy 6:5 only has three (heart, soul, might). It is inconceivable that Mark was not aware of this and indeed he has the scribe repeat Jesus’ answer with just three (‘You are right, Teacher; you have truly said that “he is one, and besides him there is no other”; and “to love him with all the heart, and with all
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