The Galilean Wonderworker: Reassessing Jesus' Reputation for Healing and Exorcism - Couverture rigide

Wallis, Ian G

 
9781532675935: The Galilean Wonderworker: Reassessing Jesus' Reputation for Healing and Exorcism
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1532675933 ISBN 13 : 9781532675935
Editeur : Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2020

Synopsis

What are the origins of Jesus' reputation for healings and exorcisms? Few questions in Jesus studies are more hotly contested or elicit more diverse responses. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach and in dialogue with recent scholarly literature, The Galilean Wonderworker offers a compelling account. Recognizing the reciprocal relationship between personal and communal well-being within Israelite faith, this study offers new insights into how sickness and healing were understood in first-century Palestine. This, in turn, supplies the backcloth for a fresh evaluation of the evidence for Jesus' healings and exorcisms, where the emphasis falls firmly upon the dynamics of personal encounter. Jesus emerges as a spirit-person, capable of engendering faith and exercising authority to the extent that sufferers experienced liberation from debilitating symptoms and oppressive behaviors, many of which reflected contemporary sociopolitical conditions. Further, by vesting theological significance in these outcomes, they simultaneously constituted manifestations of God's sovereign presence, signaling restoration of covenantal well-being. Acknowledging that Jesus expected his disciples to heal and exorcize, the investigation concludes with an overview of how this legacy was embraced by the early church--noting how exorcism becomes incorporated into Christian initiation while spiritual healing, though continuing, is eclipsed by pastoral care and conventional medical practice.

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À propos de l?auteur

Ian G. Wallis is an academic and Anglican priest who lives in Yorkshire, UK, where he teaches biblical studies at St Hild College, Mirfield, and is a member of the Penistone and Thurlstone Team Ministry. Along with many scholarly articles, he has written Jesus Christ in Early Christian Traditions (1995) and Holy Saturday Faith (2000).

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Éditeur
Wipf & Stock Publishers
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1532675933
ISBN 13 
9781532675935
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
248
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