The Jewish context of Jesus' miracles

Summary: Scholarly literature on Jesus has often attempted to relate his miracles to their Jewish context, but that context has not been surveyed in its own right. This volume fills that gap by examining both the ideas on miracle in Second Temple literature (including Josephus, Philo, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha) and the evidence for contemporary Jewish miracle workers. The penultimate chapter explores insights from cultural anthropology to round out the picture obtained from the literary evidence, and the study concludes that Jesus is distinctive as a miracle-worker in his Jewis.

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ISBN: 6613195251
ISBN: 9786613195258
ISBN: 9781283195256
ISBN: 1283195259
ISBN: 0567224430
ISBN: 9780567224439
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 420 pages).
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Publisher: London : Sheffield Academic Press, ©2002.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Cover; Editorial Board; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 MIRACLE IN JOSEPHUS; Chapter 3 MIRACLE IN PHILO; Chapter 4 MIRACLE AND WISDOM; Chapter 5 MIRACLE IN PSEUDO-PHILO; Chapter 6 ENOCHIC LITERATURE; Chapter 7 SELECTED QUMRAN TEXTS; Chapter 8 MIRACLE AND ROMANCE; Chapter 9 MIRACLE IN SECOND TEMPLE LITERATURE; Chapter 10 CHARISMATIC HOLY MEN; Chapter 11 THE SIGN PROPHETS; Chapter 12 JEWISH EXORCISTS; Chapter 13 HEALERS, MAGICIANS AND SPIRITS; Chapter 14 CONCLUSIONS; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Language Note:	English.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.