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Jesus the miracle worker : a historical & theological study /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Downers Grove, Illinois. : InterVarsity Press, ©1999Description: 470 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
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  • 0830815961
  • 9780830815968
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BT366 .T84 1999
  • BT366 .T84 1999
Contents:
pt. 1. Miracles & the Modern Mind -- 1. Objectives & Issues -- 2. Possibility of Miracles -- pt. 2. Miracles of Jesus in the Gospels -- 3. Miracles of Jesus in Mark --
Summary: 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 mind.Summary: This 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 questions.
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Includes bibliographical references (unnumbered page 434-page 453) and index.

pt. 1. Miracles & the Modern Mind -- 1. Objectives & Issues -- 2. Possibility of Miracles -- pt. 2. Miracles of Jesus in the Gospels -- 3. Miracles of Jesus in Mark --

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 mind.

This 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 questions.

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