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Miracles revisited : New Testament miracle stories and their concepts of reality / edited by Stefan Alkier. - 1 online resource (vii, 414 pages) : illustrations - Studies of the Bible and its reception ; v. 2 . - Studies of the Bible and its reception ; v. 2. .

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Rereading New Testament miracle stories -- Miracle stories and medical Discourse -- Politics of miracle stories -- Media of miracles -- Rethinking the miraculous.

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.


English.

ISBN: 9783110296372 3110296373

Standard No.: 10.1515/9783110296372 doi

LCCN: 2013024570

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Bible.--New Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible.--Nouveau Testament--Critique, interprétation, etc.
Bible.--New Testament

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Miracles--Biblical teaching.
Reality--Biblical teaching.
Miracles--Enseignement biblique.
Réalité--Enseignement biblique.
RELIGION--Biblical Studies--Jesus, the Gospels & Acts.
RELIGION--Biblical Studies--New Testament.
Miracles--Biblical teaching
Rezeption
Wundergeschichte
Wunderheilung

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

LC Class. No.: BS2545.M5 / M58 2013eb

Dewey Class. No.: 226.7/06 226.706