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Wonders never cease : the purpose of narrating miracle stories in the New Testament and its religious environment / edited by Michael Labahn and Bert Jan Lietaert Peerbolte.

Contributor(s): Labahn, Michael | Lietaert Peerbolte, L. J
Material type: TextTextSeries: Library of New Testament studies: ; Library of New Testament studies: 288.Publisher: London ; New York, N.Y. : T&T Clark, [2006]Copyright date: ©2006Description: xiii, 286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0567080773 (alk. paper); 9780567080776 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Miracles -- Biblical teaching | Bible. New Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | Storytelling -- Religious aspects -- ChristianityDDC classification: 225.6 LOC classification: BS2545.M5 | W66 2006Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents:
A miraculous birth of Isaac in the Book of Jubilees? / Jacques van Ruiten -- Asclepius' healings made known / Jan den Boeft -- Miracle stories and their narrative intent in the context of the ruler cult of classical antiquity / Ulrike Riemer -- Miracle traditions in early Rabbinic literature: some questions on their pragmatics / Michael Becker -- The function of the miracle stories in Philostratus's Vita Apollonii Tyanensis / Erkki Koskenniemi -- Markan miracle stories in historical Jesus research, redaction criticism and narrative analysis / Geert van Oyen -- 'Many-coloured illnesses' (Mark 1.34): on the significance of illnesses in New Testament therapy narratives / Reinhard von Bendemann -- Fishing for meaning: the miraculous catch of fish in John 21 / Michael Labahn -- Being there: the function of the supernatural in Acts 1-12 / Matti Myllykoski -- Paul the miracle worker: development and background of Pauline miracle stories / Bert Jan Lietaert Peerbolte -- Eschatological signs and their function in the revelation of John / Beate Kowalski -- Cannibals, myrmidonians, sinopeans or Jews? the five versions of the acts of Andrew and Matthias and their source(s) / Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta -- Images of hope: towards an understanding of New Testament miracle stories / Bernd Kollmann.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

A miraculous birth of Isaac in the Book of Jubilees? / Jacques van Ruiten -- Asclepius' healings made known / Jan den Boeft -- Miracle stories and their narrative intent in the context of the ruler cult of classical antiquity / Ulrike Riemer -- Miracle traditions in early Rabbinic literature: some questions on their pragmatics / Michael Becker -- The function of the miracle stories in Philostratus's Vita Apollonii Tyanensis / Erkki Koskenniemi -- Markan miracle stories in historical Jesus research, redaction criticism and narrative analysis / Geert van Oyen -- 'Many-coloured illnesses' (Mark 1.34): on the significance of illnesses in New Testament therapy narratives / Reinhard von Bendemann -- Fishing for meaning: the miraculous catch of fish in John 21 / Michael Labahn -- Being there: the function of the supernatural in Acts 1-12 / Matti Myllykoski -- Paul the miracle worker: development and background of Pauline miracle stories / Bert Jan Lietaert Peerbolte -- Eschatological signs and their function in the revelation of John / Beate Kowalski -- Cannibals, myrmidonians, sinopeans or Jews? the five versions of the acts of Andrew and Matthias and their source(s) / Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta -- Images of hope: towards an understanding of New Testament miracle stories / Bernd Kollmann.

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