Healing in the New Testament - Paperback

FormatBook

Language English

ISBN-13 / SKU 9780800631789

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by John J. Pilch (Author)

How are we to read and understand stories of Jesus healing the lame, deaf, blind, and those with a variety of other maladies? Pilch takes us beyond the historical and literary questions to examine the social questions of how the earliest followers of Jesus and ancient Judeans understood healing, what roles healers played, and the different emphases on healing among the gospels. In his comparative analysis, the author draws on the anthropology of the Mediterranean as well as the models employed by medical anthropologists to understand peasant societies and their health-care systems.

Utilizes social-science models

Features a complementary web-site with additional resources

Number of Pages: 200

Dimensions: 0.5 x 9.03 x 6.02 IN

Publication Date: January 01, 2000

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