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Language: en
Pages: 288
Pages: 288
Miracles in Greco-Roman Antiquity presents a collection in translation of miracle stories from the ancient world. The material is divided up into four main cate
Language: en
Pages: 248
Pages: 248
Language: en
Pages: 274
Pages: 274
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Pages: 1032
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Pages: 764
Pages: 764
In Christian Origins and Greco-Roman Culture, Stanley Porter and Andrew Pitts assemble an international team of scholars whose work has focused on reconstructin
Language: en
Pages: 450
Pages: 450
In recent years, scholars have extensively explored the function of the miraculous and wondrous in ancient narratives, mostly pondering on how ancient authors v
Language: en
Pages: 270
Pages: 270
This volume examines how historical beliefs about the supernatural were used to justify violence, secure political authority or extend toleration in both the me
Language: en
Pages: 422
Pages: 422
Since David Hume, the interpretation of miracle stories has been dominated in the West by the binary distinction of fact vs. fiction. The form-critical method a
Language: en
Pages: 320
Pages: 320
"Calling on her almost encyclopedic knowledge of conditions in the first-century Mediterranean world, Professor Cotter discusses the miracle stories reported in
Language: en
Pages: 416
Pages: 416
The Gospel of Mark, addressed to an early Christian community perplexed by failure and suffering, presents Jesus as suffering Messiah and Son of God. Recognizin
