Healing by a Mere Touch as a Christian Concept
On the basis of Otto Weinreich’s Antike Heilungswunder (1909), it is generally thought that the idea that a simple touch can have healing power originated with the Greeks. The present essay argues, however, that this concept is proper to the Gospels and to texts dependent on them. There are no Greek...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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1997
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| In: |
Tyndale bulletin
Year: 1997, Volume: 48, Issue: 2, Pages: 355-361 |
| Further subjects: | B
Healing
B Gospels B Touch B New Testament |
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