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But as with all His previous answers in Chapter 22, Jesus surpasses their motive by showing that the law (and the prophets) hang on the Great Commandments

Again, you miss Jesus point. He gives 2 commandments as an answer to the question "Which is the greatest commandment." Jesus emphasized that obedience to God and future dealings with man solely involved love, love of God and love of man. Jesus was not just speaking to the Pharisees and the crowds of that time, he was speaking to us. So the question was not just simply answered, it was fully answered.

Isa 55:8 For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

Isa 55:11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper [in the thing] whereto I sent it.

So the question was not just simply answered, it was fully answered.

Indeed it was "fully answered". But I went back and re-read A-G's post, and I'm not sure where you two differ in your interpretations.

Thank you so much for your reply and the excellent verses! And thank you so much for your observations, Piltdown_Woman! I'm confident we are all very close in our understanding of the Great Commandment.

Indeed, Christ answered the question fully. My point was that He answered more than the attorney asked (as He did with the tax and resurrection questions in the same Chapter.) The part I was focusing on is emphasized below:

Master, which [is] the great commandment in the law?

Jesus answer showed that the law itself hangs on the Great Commandment:

On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.