Miracles Revisited: New Testament Miracle Stories and their Concepts of Reality

Main description: The book revisits New Testament and other miracle stories with regard to three dimensions: 1. It proposes to connect the interpretation of miracle stories to concepts of reality. 2. It emphasizes the political implications of miracle stories and their interpretations. 3. It demands...

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Published in:Studies of the Bible and its reception
Corporate Author: Healing stories and concepts of reality from Antiquity to the Middle Ages, Veranstaltung 2011, San Anselmo, Calif. (Author)
Contributors: Alkier, Stefan 1961- (Other) ; Weissenrieder, Annette 1967- (Other)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Berlin Boston De Gruyter [2013]
In: Studies of the Bible and its reception (Volume 2)
Series/Journal:Studies of the Bible and its reception Volume 2
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bibel. Neues Testament / Récit de miracles
B Guérison miraculeuse / Réception <scientifique> / Histoire 30-1500
Further subjects:B Methodik des Neuen Testaments Realitätskonzepte Guérison miraculeuse Healing Miracles Reception of the New Testament Concepts of Reality New Testament Methodology Rezeptionsgeschichte des Neuen Testaments
B Concepts of Reality
B Healing Miracles
B Miracles Biblical teaching
B Reality Biblical teaching
B Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / RELIGION  / New Testament
B New Testament Methodology
B Contribution <colloque> 2011 (San Francisco, Calif)
B Reception of the New Testament
B Bible. New Testament Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Recueil d'articles
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Summary:Main description: The book revisits New Testament and other miracle stories with regard to three dimensions: 1. It proposes to connect the interpretation of miracle stories to concepts of reality. 2. It emphasizes the political implications of miracle stories and their interpretations. 3. It demands to read miracle stories within its contexts.The book addresses how ancient concepts of reality, always complex, come to expression in stories of miraculous healings and their reception in medicine, art, literature, theology and philosophy, from classic antiquity to the Middle Ages.
The book revisits New Testament and other miracle stories with regard to three dimensions: 1. It proposes to connect the interpretation of miracle stories to concepts of reality. 2. It emphasizes the political implications of miracle stories and their interpretations. 3. It demands to read miracle stories within its contexts.The book addresses how ancient concepts of reality, always complex, come to expression in stories of miraculous healings and their reception in medicine, art, literature, theology and philosophy, from classic antiquity to the Middle Ages.
Item Description:The greater part of the published studies date back to discussions at a conference on ‘Healing Stories and Concepts of Reality from Antiquity to the Middle Ages’ at San Francisco Theological Seminary, November 16–18, 2011. - Preface (Seite 2)
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ISBN:3110296373
Access:Restricted Access
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/9783110296372

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