Description of the Book: Healing in the New Testament
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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. Healing in the New Testament also features a complementary website with additional resources.
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Details of the Book: Healing in the New TestamentAuthor: John J. Pilch Number Of Pages: 194 Binding: Paperback ISBN-10: 1600061354 ISBN-13: 9780800631789 Language: English Amazon Sales Rank: 528677 Publication Date: 2000 Publisher: Fortress Press Package Dimensions: 0.50 x 9.03 x 6.02 inches |
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