Just Another Physical Wreck on the Shores of Time: A Pentecostal Reading of the Woman with an “Issue of Blood”
This article investigates the various ways in which Pentecostals read and interpreted the narrative of the woman whom Jesus healed of an “issue of blood.” It explores the manner in which she and her experience are described and explained by Pentecostals in articles and sermons from the beginning of...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2022
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Pneuma
Year: 2022, Volume: 44, Issue: 2, Pages: 183-202 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality CF Christianity and Science HC New Testament KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KDG Free church NBE Anthropology |
| Further subjects: | B
Pentecostalism
B anti-physician rhetoric B Reception History B divine healing in the atonement |
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| Summary: | This article investigates the various ways in which Pentecostals read and interpreted the narrative of the woman whom Jesus healed of an “issue of blood.” It explores the manner in which she and her experience are described and explained by Pentecostals in articles and sermons from the beginning of the movement to the present day. The article attempts to survey and analyze the different interpretations and how they have changed over time. While early pentecostal literature used the narrative as an opportunity to engage in anti-physician rhetoric and to defend the doctrine of healing in the atonement, later literature expanded the interpretation of the woman’s issue beyond physical healing to include other “issues” a person might face. Present throughout the literature is an emphasis on the woman’s faith and her personal agency to bring about the miracle. However, also present are negative interpretations of the woman and her “issue of blood.” Finally, the article looks forward to other possible interpretive strategies. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0747 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Pneuma
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700747-bja10066 |