Jesus the Miracle Worker: A Historical and Theological Study
Pages
470
Publisher
IVP Academic
Published
6/1/1999
ISBN-13
9780830815968
Few today doubt that Jesus was viewed by many of his contemporaries as a miracle worker. And many scholars today would agree that Jesus was a healer and an exorcist. But what does this mean? Was Jesus simply a master at relieving psychological distress, a healer of psychosomatic illness, a purveyor of paranormal therapy? What distinguished Jesus from other miracle workers of the ancient world? And what should we make then of his stilling the storm, his walking on the sea, his feeding of the five thousand?
In this study of the miracles of Jesus, Graham Twelftree extensively examines the miracles within each Gospel narrative. He evaluates Jesus' own understanding of the miracles, weighs the historical reliability of the miracle stories, and considers the question of miracles and the modern mind.
This book maps and explores the borderlands between the affirmations of faith and the conclusions of historical method. Are some miracles simply more open to historical verification than others? With the historical study of Jesus once again capturing the attention of the media and the public, this timely book courageously steps forward to investigate the hard questions.
Jesus the Miracle Worker is a comprehensive and textbook study of the miracles of Jesus, written by a recognized expert in the historical investigation of the exorcisms of Jesus.
In this study of the miracles of Jesus, Graham Twelftree extensively examines the miracles within each Gospel narrative. He evaluates Jesus' own understanding of the miracles, weighs the historical reliability of the miracle stories, and considers the question of miracles and the modern mind.
This book maps and explores the borderlands between the affirmations of faith and the conclusions of historical method. Are some miracles simply more open to historical verification than others? With the historical study of Jesus once again capturing the attention of the media and the public, this timely book courageously steps forward to investigate the hard questions.
Jesus the Miracle Worker is a comprehensive and textbook study of the miracles of Jesus, written by a recognized expert in the historical investigation of the exorcisms of Jesus.
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- Part 1: Miracles and the Modern Mind
- 1. Objectives Issues
- 2. The Possibility of Miracles
- Part 2: The Miracles of Jesus in the Gospels
- 3. The Miracles of Jesus in Mark
- 4. The Miracles of Jesus in Matthew
- 5. The Miracles of Jesus in Luke: The Stories
- 6. The Miracles of Jesus in Luke: The Issues
- 7. The Miracles of Jesus in the Fourth Gospel: The Stories
- 8. The Miracles of Jesus in the Fourth Gospel: The Issues
- Part 3: Jesus the Miracles
- 9. Miracles the Historical Jesus
- 10. The Meaning of the Miracles for Jesus
- Part 4: The Miracles of Jesus History
- 11. Jesus Exorcism
- 12. The Crippled Paralytics
- 13. The Blind
- 14. Raising the Dead
- 15. Lepers Cleansed
- 16. Other Healings Miracles of Nature
- Part 5: Conclusions
- 17. Jesus the Miracle Worker
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Indexes