The Jewish Context of Jesus' Miracles: v.231 (The Library of New Testament Studies)

Eve, Dr Eric

ISBN 10: 1841273155 / ISBN 13: 9781841273150

Published by Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Jewish Context of Jesus' Miracles: v.231 (The Library of New Testament Studies)
• Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1841273155
• ISBN 13: 9781841273150
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Scholarly literature on Jesus has often attempted to relate his miracles to their Jewish context, but that context has not been surveyed in its own right. This volume fills that gap by examining both the ideas on miracle in Second Temple literature (including Josephus, Philo, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha) and the evidence for contemporary Jewish miracle workers. The penultimate chapter explores insights from cultural anthropology to round out the picture obtained from the literary evidence, and the study concludes that Jesus is distinctive as a miracle-worker in his Jewish context while nevertheless fitting into it.

About the Authors

Eric Eve is Fellow and Tutor in Theology at Harris Manchester College, Oxford, UK.

Chris Keith is Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, Norway. He is the author of The Pericope Adulterae, the Gospel of John and the Literacy of Jesus, a winner of the 2010 John Templeton Award for Theological Promise, and Jesus' Literacy: Scribal Culture and the Teacher from Galilee. He is also the co-editor of Jesus among Friends and Enemies: A Historical and Literary Introduction to Jesus in the Gospels, and was recently named a 2012 Society of Biblical Literature Regional Scholar.