Miracles in Greco-Roman antiquity : a sourcebook / Wendy Cotter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cotter, Wendy, 1946-

Series:

Context of early Christianity.

Context of early Christianity

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Miracles.

Greece--Religion.

Greece.

Rome--Religion.

Rome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Miracles in Greco-Roman Antiquity presents a collection in translation of miracle stories from the ancient world. The material is divided up into four main categories including healing, exorcism, nature and raising the dead.Wendy Cotter, in an introduction and notes to the selections, contextualizes the miracles within the background of the Greco-Roman world and also compares the stories to other Jewish and non-Jewish miracle stories of the Mediterranean world. This sourcebook provides an interdisciplinary collection of material which will be of value to students of the New Testam

Contents:

Cover; MIRACLES IN GRECO-ROMAN ANTIQUITY: A sourcebook; Copyright; CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; Part I GODS AND HEROES WHO HEAL; 1 GODS WHO HEAL; 2 HEROES WHO HEAL; 3 THE HEALING MIRACLES OF JESUS; Part II EXORCISTS AND EXORCISMS; 4 DAIMONS/DEMONS IN GRECO-ROMAN ANTIQUITY; 5 DAIMONS/DEMONS IN APOCALYPTIC AND CHRISTIAN SOURCES; Part III GODS AND HEROES WHO CONTROL NATURE; 6 GODS AND HEROES WHO CONTROL WIND AND SEA; 7 CHANGING WATER INTO WINE AND OTHER NATURE MIRACLES; Part IV MAGIC AND MIRACLES; 8 MAGIC IN THE ANCIENT WORLD; APPENDIX A: Diseases and doctors

APPENDIX B: Jesus, Torah and MiraclesBIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF TEXTS; INDEX OF TEXTS OF THE JESUS MIRACLES; GENERAL INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-255) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-134-81441-0

9786612777530

1-282-77753-X

0-203-02955-0

1-283-83761-7

1-134-81442-9

9780203029558

OCLC:

179161279