Miracle stories in the biblical book Acts of the Apostles / Benjamin E. Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Benjamin E.

Series:

Mellen Biblical Press series ; v. 59.

Mellen Biblical Press ; v. 59

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Acts--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Acts.

Miracles.

Physical Description:

vi, 223 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lewiston, N.Y. : E. Mellen Press, [2001]

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Miracle Stories of Acts in Current Research 1

1. Jesus-Peter-Paul: Plan or Coincidence? 3

2. The Search for Oral Traditions 5

3. The Problem of "Paul" Versus Paul 6

4. Word and Wonders in Acts 9

5. The Task 11

Chapter 2 On Telling Miracle Stories 15

1. The Tools of Form Criticism 16

2. The Motifs of Miracle Stories 17

3. The Themes of Miracle Stories 20

4. Form and Culture 21

4.1 Exorcisms 23

4.2 Therapies: Raising the Dead 25

4.3 Therapies: Healings 27

4.4 Punitive Statutory Miracles 28

4.5 Punitive Epiphany/Conversion Miracles 30

4.6 The "Sorcerer's Apprentice" 31

5. Faith and Region 32

Chapter 3 Establishing Criteria: Luke's Use of Mark 35

1. Analysis of Luke's Redaction of the Markan Miracles 36

1.1 Mark 1.29-31/Luke 4.38-39: Peter's Mother-in-Law 37

1.2 Mark 1.40-45/Luke 5.12-15a: Cleansing a Leper 38

1.3 Mark 2.1-12/Luke 5.17-26: Healing of the Paralytic 39

1.4 Mark 3.1-6/Luke 6.6-11: The Withered Hand 41

1.5 Mark 5.21-43/Luke 8.40-56: Jairus' Daughter 42

1.6 Mark 1.21-28/Luke 4.31-37: Exorcism in Capernaum 44

1.7 Mark 5.1-20/Luke 8.26-39: The Gerasene Demoniac 46

2. Source and Redaction: A Checklist 48

2.2 Exposition 50

2.3 Body 51

2.5 General Tendencies 54

Chapter 4 The Miracles of Acts: Tradition and Redaction 55

1. Acts 3.1-10: The Lame Man at the Beautiful Gate 56

2. Acts 5.1-11: The Death of Ananias and Sapphira 61

3. Acts 9.17-18: The Healing of Saul in Damascus 64

4. Acts 9.32-35: The Healing of Aeneas in Lydda 67

5. Acts 9.36-42: The Raising of Tabitha in Joppa 69

6. Acts 13.6-12: The Blinding of Elymas bar-Jesus 73

7. Acts 14.8-18: The Healing of the Lame Man in Lystra 77

8. Acts 16.16-18: The Exorcism in Philippi 80

9. Acts 19.13-16: The Seven Sons of Sceva 82

10. Acts 20.7-12: The Raising of Eutychus in Troas 85

11. Acts 28.7-8: The Healing of Publius' Father 87

Chapter 5 Tradition and Redaction in the Miracle Summaries 91

1. Luke's Adaptation of Mark's Miracle Summaries 92

2. The Miracle Summaries in Acts 96

2.1 The Generic Miracle Summaries 97

2.2 The Specified Miracle Summaries 101

3. Tradition and Redaction in the Miracle Summaries 105

Chapter 6 The Miracle Traditions: Motifs 107

1. Introductory Motifs 108

2. Expositional Motifs 111

3. Central Motifs 113

4. Final Motifs 118

5. Motif and Meaning in the Miracle Traditions 121

Chapter 7 The Miracle Traditions: Themes 125

1. The Distribution of Themes 126

2. Christian Themes and Cultural Spheres 130

3. Themes and Meaning in the Miracle Traditions 140

Chapter 8 The Miracle Traditions: History and Transmission 141

1. The Historicity of the Miracle Traditions 143

2. The Transmission of the Miracle Traditions 147

3. The Transmitters and Their Audience 151

4. The History of the Tradition 156

Chapter 9 The Miracle Traditions: Function and Theology 159

1. The Function of Miracle Stories in the Community 160

2. The Theology of Miracles 168

Chapter 10 The Function of Miracles in Acts 173

1. Miracles and the Literary Design of Luke-Acts 174

2. Mission and Miracles 179

2.1 Word and Wonder 180

2.2 Miracles and Conversion 182

2.3 From Puzzle to Proof 187

Chapter 11 Miracles in the Theology of Luke 191

1. Christophany and Theophany 192

2. Christology and Soteriology: The Name 194

3. The Time of Fulfillment 196

4. Miracles and the Purpose of God 198

5. Human Mediation 200

6. The Human Condition 202

7. A Postscript: Miracles and the Sovereignty of God 205.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [209]-218) and index.

ISBN:

0773475850

OCLC:

45064667