Jesus the Miracle Worker : A Historical & Theological Study, Paperback

by Graham H. Twelftree

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Jesus the Miracle Worker : A Historical & Theological Study, Paperback by Twelftree, Graham H., ISBN 0830815961, ISBN-13 9780830815968, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching?proclaiming?and healing every disease and every sickness among the people." (Mt 4:23)Few today doubt that Jesus was viewed by many of his contemporaries as a miracle worker. And many scholars today would agree that Jesus was a healer and an exorcist. But what does this mean? Was Jesus simply a master at relieving psychological distress, a healer of psychosomatic illness, a purveyor of paranormal therapy? What distinguished Jesus from other miracle workers of the ancient world? And what should we make then of his stilling the storm, his walking on the sea, his feeding of the five thousand?In this study of the miracles of Jesus, Graham Twelftree extensively examines the miracles within each Gospel narrative. He evaluates Jesus' own understanding of the miracles, weighs the historical reliability of the miracle stories, and considers the question of miracles and the modern book maps and explores the borderlands between the affirmations of faith and the conclusions of historical method. Are some miracles simply more open to historical verification than others? With the historical study of Jesus once again capturing the attention of the media and the public, this timely book courageously steps forward to investigate the hard the Miracle Worker is a comprehensive and te

• Publisher: InterVarsity Press
• Year: 1999
• Binding: Paperback
• ISBN: 9780830815968
• Condition: Fine

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