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The Jewish context of Jesus' miracles / Eric Eve.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eve, Eric, author.
- Series:
- Library of New Testament studies.
- Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 231.
- Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 231
- Library of New Testament studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. John--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (441 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, [2002]
- Language Note:
- English
- 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
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 19, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 9786613195258
- 9781283195256
- 1283195259
- 9780567224439
- 0567224430
- OCLC:
- 741691497
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