Miracles in Jewish and Christian antiquity : imagining truth /

Miracles in Jewish and Christian antiquity : imagining truth / [print] edited by John C. Cavadini. - Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, (c)1999. - ix, 243 pages ; 23 cm. - Notre Dame studies in theology ; v. 3 . - Notre Dame studies in theology ; v. 3. .

"The essays ... originated in the annual year-long seminar on Christianity and Judaism in Antiquity held in the Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame"--Pref.

Includes bibliographies and index.

The meaning of biblical miracles in light of the modern quest for truth Miracles, in other words : social science perspectives on healings Miracles: Elisha and Hanina ben Dosa Gender and power in the gospel of Mark : the daughter of Jairus and the woman with the flow of blood Restoring the balance : musings on miracles in rabbinic Judaism Monks and miracle The signs and wonders of orthodoxy : miracles and monks' lives in sixth-century Palestine Virgin and martyr : divine protection from sexual assault in the Peristephanon of Prudentius Millennial modesty : a study of miraculous fertility as portrayed by commentators on Apocalypse 20:4-6 Randall C. Zachman -- Jerome H. Neyrey -- Joseph Blenkinsopp -- Mary Rose D'Angelo -- Michael A. Signer -- Benedicta Ward -- Sidney H. Griffith -- Joy A. Schroeder -- J. Massyngbaerde Ford.



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Miracles--Congresses.
Miracles in rabbinical literature--Congresses.
Miracles--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600--Congresses.

BT97.C376.M573 1999