Miracles, Causation, and Critical Biblical Scholarship
Most historical Jesus scholars agree that Jesus was regarded by his contemporaries as a great miracle worker. However, many of these same scholars deny that they can pronounce on the truth of the miracle stories as historians. There are at least two arguments for this position. One is based on an al...
| Subtitles: | "Symposium On Divine Causation" |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Evangelical Philosophical Society
2023
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Philosophia Christi
Year: 2023, Volume: 25, Issue: 2, Pages: 249-258 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CF Christianity and Science HC New Testament NBC Doctrine of God |
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| Summary: | Most historical Jesus scholars agree that Jesus was regarded by his contemporaries as a great miracle worker. However, many of these same scholars deny that they can pronounce on the truth of the miracle stories as historians. There are at least two arguments for this position. One is based on an alleged empirical constraint on historical practice, which excludes divine causation. The other argument is rooted in the presumption that it is anachronistic to impose modern understandings of miracles on ancient authors. I argue that both objections are unsuccessful. |
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| ISSN: | 2640-2580 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Philosophia Christi
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5840/pc202325225 |